About the Authors

Lipu Wang

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, National Research Council Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Pierre R. Fobert

Pierre.Fobert@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Affiliation National Research Council Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PF. Performed the experiments: LW. Analyzed the data: PF LW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PF. Wrote the manuscript: PF LW.