About the Authors

Patricia M. Mulrooney-Cousins

Affiliation Molecular Virology and Hepatology Research Group, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Ranjit Chauhan

Affiliation Molecular Virology and Hepatology Research Group, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Norma D. Churchill

Affiliation Molecular Virology and Hepatology Research Group, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Tomasz I. Michalak

timich@mun.ca

Affiliation Molecular Virology and Hepatology Research Group, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TIM PMMC. Performed the experiments: PMMC RC NDC. Analyzed the data: PMMC RC TIM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TIM. Wrote the paper: TIM PMMC.