About the Authors

Ben Sutcliffe

Current address: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Affiliations School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Manuel G. Forero

Current address: Cardiff School of Biosciences, Biomedical Sciences, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Bangfu Zhu

Current address: School of Dentistry, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Iain M. Robinson

Affiliation Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom

Alicia Hidalgo

a.hidalgo@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH IR BS. Performed the experiments: BS. Analyzed the data: BS AH IR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGF BZ. Wrote the manuscript: AH BS IR.