About the Authors

Marialuisa Barbagallo

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology “C.Darwin”, Institut Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University of “Sapienza” Rome, Rome, Italy

Maria Letizia Di Martino

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology “C.Darwin”, Institut Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University of “Sapienza” Rome, Rome, Italy

Lucia Marcocci

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences “A. Rossi Fanelli”, University “Sapienza” of Rome, Rome, Italy

Paola Pietrangeli

Affiliation Department of Biochemical Sciences “A. Rossi Fanelli”, University “Sapienza” of Rome, Rome, Italy

Elena De Carolis

Affiliation Istituto di Microbiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Mariassunta Casalino

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Roma, Rome, Italy

Bianca Colonna

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology “C.Darwin”, Institut Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University of “Sapienza” Rome, Rome, Italy

Gianni Prosseda

gianni.prosseda@uniroma1.it

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology “C.Darwin”, Institut Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, University of “Sapienza” Rome, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP MB LM. Performed the experiments: MB MLDM PP EDC GP. Analyzed the data: GP LM MC BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC BC. Wrote the paper: BC GP.