About the Authors

Paula A Coelho

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal

Joana Queiroz-Machado

Affiliations Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal , Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal

Alexandre M Carmo

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal

Sara Moutinho-Pereira

Affiliation Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal

Helder Maiato

Affiliations Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal , Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Claudio E Sunkel

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cesunkel@ibmc.up.pt

Affiliations Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal , Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

PAC and CES conceived and designed the experiments. PAC performed the experiments. PAC and CES analyzed the data. PAC, JQM, AMC, SMP, HM, and CES contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. PAC and CES wrote the paper.