About the Authors

Erin L. Seifert

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Oliver Fiehn

Affiliation Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Véronic Bezaire

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

David R. Bickel

Affiliation Ottawa Institute for Systems Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Gert Wohlgemuth

Affiliation Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Sean H. Adams

sean.h.adams@ars.usda.gov (SHA); Maryellen.Harper@uottawa.ca (M-EH)

Affiliation Obesity and Metabolism Research Unit, USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Mary-Ellen Harper

sean.h.adams@ars.usda.gov (SHA); Maryellen.Harper@uottawa.ca (M-EH)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ELS VB SHA MEH. Performed the experiments: ELS VB. Analyzed the data: ELS OF SHA MEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ELS OF DRB GW SHA MEH. Wrote the paper: ELS OF VB SHA MEH.