About the Authors

Heather Armstrong

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Annemarie Wolmarans

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Rebecca Mercier

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

BaoChan Mai

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Paul LaPointe

paul.lapointe@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HA AW RM BM PL. Performed the experiments: HA AW BM PL. Analyzed the data: HA AW BM PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HA AW RM BM PL. Wrote the paper: PL.