About the Authors

Skye C. McIver

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Simone J. Stanger

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Danielle M. Santarelli

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Shaun D. Roman

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Brett Nixon

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Eileen A. McLaughlin

eileen.mclaughlin@newcastle.edu.au

Affiliation ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, Discipline of Biological Sciences, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM SM SR. Performed the experiments: DS SM SS. Analyzed the data: SM DS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM SR BN. Wrote the paper: SM EM SR BN.