About the Authors

Jamel Mankouri

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Rennos Fragkoudis

Affiliation The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kathryn H. Richards

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Laura F. Wetherill

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Mark Harris

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Alain Kohl

Affiliation The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, Summerhall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Richard M. Elliott

Affiliation Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom

Andrew Macdonald

a.macdonald@leeds.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK AM. Performed the experiments: JM RF KHR LFW. Analyzed the data: JM AK AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH AK RME. Wrote the paper: JM AM.