About the Authors

Samanbir S. Kalirai

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dennis A. Bazylinski

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Adam P. Hitchcock

aph@mcmaster.ca

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSK APH DAB. Performed the experiments: SSK APH. Analyzed the data: SSK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAB APH. Wrote the paper: SSK DAB APH.