About the Authors

Nassima Fodil

nassima.fodil@mail.mcgill.ca (NF); silvia.vidal@mcgill.ca (SMV)

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Life Sciences Complex, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

David Langlais

Contributed equally to this work with: David Langlais, Peter Moussa

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Peter Moussa

Contributed equally to this work with: David Langlais, Peter Moussa

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Life Sciences Complex, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Gregory Allan Boivin

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Life Sciences Complex, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Tania Di Pietrantonio

Affiliation Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Irena Radovanovic

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Anne Dumaine

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Life Sciences Complex, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mathieu Blanchette

Affiliation McGill Centre for Bioinformatics and School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Erwin Schurr

Affiliation Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill Centre for the Study of Host Resistance, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Philippe Gros

Affiliation Biochemistry Department, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Silvia Marina Vidal

nassima.fodil@mail.mcgill.ca (NF); silvia.vidal@mcgill.ca (SMV)

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Life Sciences Complex, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NF PM DL GAB SMV. Performed the experiments: NF PM DL GAB IR AD. Analyzed the data: NF PM DL GAB TDP IR MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB ES PG. Wrote the paper: NF DL PG SMV.