About the Authors

Paul Frenette

Affiliation Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Eric Haines

Current address: Department of Pharmacology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Affiliation Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Michael Loloyan

Affiliation Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mena Kinal

Current address: Department of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Affiliation Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Paknoosh Pakarian

Current address: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Affiliation Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Alisa Piekny

apiekny@alcor.concordia.ca

Affiliation Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP. Performed the experiments: AP PF EH MK PP ML. Analyzed the data: AP PF EH MK ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP PF EH MK. Wrote the paper: AP.