About the Authors

Catherine J. Pears

Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine J. Pears, Kelly Thornber

catherine.pears@bioch.ox.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kelly Thornber

Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine J. Pears, Kelly Thornber

Current address: The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jocelyn M. Auger

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Institute for Biomedical Research, Division of Medical Sciences, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Craig E. Hughes

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Institute for Biomedical Research, Division of Medical Sciences, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Beata Grygielska

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Institute for Biomedical Research, Division of Medical Sciences, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Majd B. Protty

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Institute for Biomedical Research, Division of Medical Sciences, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Andrew C. Pearce

Current address: Cell Signalling and Biochemistry Lab, Discovery Biology, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Horsham, United Kingdom

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Institute for Biomedical Research, Division of Medical Sciences, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Steve P. Watson

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Institute for Biomedical Research, Division of Medical Sciences, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP KT ACP SW. Performed the experiments: KT JMA CEH BG MBP ACP. Analyzed the data: KT. Wrote the paper: CP KT ACP SW.