About the Authors

Stephanie J. Ellis

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Emily Lostchuck

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Benjamin T. Goult

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

Mohamed Bouaouina

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Education City, Doha, Qatar

Michael J. Fairchild

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Pablo López-Ceballos

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

David A. Calderwood

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Guy Tanentzapf

tanentz@mail.ubc.ca

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJE BTG MB DAC GT. Performed the experiments: SJE EL BTG MB PLC. Analyzed the data: SJE EL BTG MB GT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB MJF DAC. Wrote the paper: SJE EL BTG GT.