About the Authors

Karen K. Y. Lam

Current address: NCE CECR PROOF Centre of Excellence, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Xingji Zheng

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Roberto Forestieri

Affiliation Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Aruna D. Balgi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Matt Nodwell

Affiliation Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sarah Vollett

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Hilary J. Anderson

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Raymond J. Andersen

Affiliation Departments of Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Yossef Av-Gay

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michel Roberge

michelr@mail.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKYL XZ RF RJA YA MR. Performed the experiments: KKYL XZ RF ADB SV MN. Analyzed the data: KKYL XZ RF HJA RJA YA MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KKYL XZ RF RJA YA MR. Wrote the paper: KKYL HJA RJA YA MR.