About the Authors

Masataka Nikaido

Current address: Stowers Institute for Medical research, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, United Kingdom

Edward W. P. Law

Current address: MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, United Kingdom

Robert N. Kelsh

bssrnk@bath.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN RNK. Performed the experiments: MN EL. Analyzed the data: MN EL RNK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN. Wrote the paper: MN RNK.