About the Authors

Artur B. Lourenço

Affiliation IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Filipa C. Roque

Affiliation IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Miguel C. Teixeira

Affiliation IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

José R. Ascenso

Affiliation Centro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Isabel Sá-Correia

isacorreia@ist.utl.pt

Affiliation IBB - Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ISC ABL. Performed the experiments: ABL FCR JRA. Analyzed the data: ABL MCT ISC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ISC JRA. Wrote the paper: ABL MCT ISC.