About the Authors

Pamela Austin

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Markus Heller

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

David E. Williams

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Lawrence P. McIntosh

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

A. Wayne Vogl

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Leonard J. Foster

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Raymond J. Andersen

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michel Roberge

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Calvin D. Roskelley

roskelly@interchange.ubc.ca

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, The Program in Breast Cancer Metastasis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PA MH DEW LPM AWV LJF RJA MR CDR. Performed the experiments: PA MH DEW AWV LJF. Analyzed the data: PA MH DEW LPM AWV LJF RJA MR CDR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH DEW RJA. Wrote the paper: PA MR CDR.