About the Authors

Zareen Amtul

zamtul@uwo.ca

Current address: Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Mary Keet

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Lin Wang

Affiliation Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Peter Merrifield

Affiliation Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

David Westaway

Affiliation Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Richard F. Rozmahel

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: ZA MK LW. Analyzed the data: ZA RFR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZA PM DW RFR. Wrote the paper: ZA RFR. Conceived the experiments: RFR. Designed the experiments: ZA.