About the Authors

Claudia Rodríguez-Almazán

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico

Luis Enrique Zavala

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico

Carlos Muñoz-Garay

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico

Nuria Jiménez-Juárez

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico

Sabino Pacheco

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico

Luke Masson

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mario Soberón

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico

Alejandra Bravo

bravo@ibt.unam.mx

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelos, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB. Performed the experiments: CRA LEZ CMG NJJ SP. Analyzed the data: MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM. Wrote the paper: LM MS AB.