About the Authors

Ryan J. Mailloux

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Cyril Nii-Klu Adjeitey

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Mary-Ellen Harper

mharper@uottawa.ca

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJM MEH. Performed the experiments: RJM CNKA. Analyzed the data: RJM CNKA MEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MEH. Wrote the paper: RJM MEH.