About the Authors

Zaikun Xu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Regula Waeckerlin

Affiliation Department of Ecosystems and Public Health, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Matt D. Urbanowski

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Guido van Marle

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Tom C. Hobman

tom.hobman@ualberta.ca

Affiliations Department of Cell Biology, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZX RW GvM TCH. Performed the experiments: ZX RW. Analyzed the data: ZX RW GvM TCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDU. Wrote the paper: ZX GvM TCH.