About the Authors

Shiva Akbarzadeh

Affiliation CR-UK Growth Factor Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Lee M. Wheldon

Affiliation CR-UK Growth Factor Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Steve M. M. Sweet

Affiliation CR-UK Growth Factor Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Sonia Talma

Affiliation CR-UK Growth Factor Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Faraz Khosravi Mardakheh

Affiliation CR-UK Growth Factor Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

John K. Heath

J.K.Heath@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation CR-UK Growth Factor Group, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH SA. Performed the experiments: SA SS FK. Analyzed the data: SA LW SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: sT. Wrote the paper: SA. Other: Edited the paper: LW. Wrote parts of the paper: JH.