About the Authors

Andrea J. Dowling

ajd211@exeter.ac.uk

Affiliation Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

Paul A. Wilkinson

Affiliation Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

Matthew T. G. Holden

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Michael A. Quail

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Stephen D. Bentley

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Julia Reger

Affiliation Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

Nicholas R. Waterfield

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Richard W. Titball

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Streatham Campus, Exeter, United Kingdom

Richard H. ffrench-Constant

Affiliation Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJD RHffC NRW. Performed the experiments: AJD JR. Analyzed the data: AJD PAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJD PAW MGTH SDB MAQ RWT. Wrote the paper: AJD RHffC.