About the Authors

David Penney

david.penney@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Caroline Wadsworth

Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Graeme Fox

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Sandra L. Kennedy

Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Richard F. Preziosi

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Terence A. Brown

Affiliation Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP RFP TAB. Performed the experiments: DP CW. Analyzed the data: GF SLK TAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP GF. Wrote the paper: DP TAB. Revised the manuscript: TAB.