About the Authors

Elizabeth J. Andrew

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Stephanie Merchan

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Conor Lawless

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

A. Peter Banks

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Darren J. Wilkinson

Affiliation School of Mathematics and Statistics, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

David Lydall

david.lydall@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University Medical School, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA SM CL APB DJW DL. Performed the experiments: EA SM CL APB. Analyzed the data: CL APB EA. Wrote the paper: EA DL.