About the Authors

Débora Guerini Souza

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Bruna Bellaver

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Diogo Onofre Souza

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

André Quincozes-Santos

andrequincozes@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Basic Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DGS BB DOS AQS. Performed the experiments: DGS BB AQS. Analyzed the data: DGS BB DOS AQS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DOS AQS. Wrote the paper: DGS DOS AQS.