About the Authors

Michèle G. DuVal

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

Matthew J. H. Gilbert

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

D. Ezekiel Watson

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada, Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Disease, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

Tanja C. Zerulla

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

Keith B. Tierney

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

W. Ted Allison

ted.allison@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada, Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Disease, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGD MJHG KBT WTA. Performed the experiments: MGD MJHG DEW TCZ KBT WTA. Analyzed the data: MGD MJHG DEW TCZ KBT WTA. Wrote the paper: MGD WTA. Critically edited the manuscript: MGD MJHG DEW TCZ KBT WTA.