About the Authors

Joanne A. Young

Affiliations The Michael Smith Laboratories and the Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Wilfred Jefferies

wilf@msl.ubc.ca

Affiliations The Michael Smith Laboratories and the Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAY WAJ. Performed the experiments: JAY. Analyzed the data: JAY WAJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAY WAJ. Wrote the paper: JAY WAJ.