About the Authors

Domenic Di Paola

Affiliations Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

John Raelson

Affiliation Genizon Biosciences, St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada

Emmanouil Rampakakis

Affiliations Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mark Basik

Affiliation Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Maria Zannis-Hadjopoulos

Affiliations Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

W. Edward C. Bradley

edward.bradley@umontreal.ca

Affiliations Goodman Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Medicine, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

John Raelson was formerly employed by Genizon Biosciences Inc. which had no influence over editorial content of the manuscript. None of the other authors declare any conflict. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DDP JR ER MB MZ-H WECB. Performed the experiments: DDP ER. Analyzed the data: DDP JR ER MB MZ-H WECB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR MB. Wrote the paper: DDP MZ-H WECB. Revised Manuscript: DDP JR ER MB MZ-H WECB.