About the Authors

Jennifer A. Corcoran

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Benjamin P. Johnston

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Craig McCormick

craig.mccormick@dal.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAC BPJ CM. Performed the experiments: JAC BPJ. Analyzed the data: JAC BPJ CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BPJ. Wrote the paper: JAC BPJ CM.