About the Authors

Cristiana Lalli

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Campus A. Buzzati-Traverso, National Research Council, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy

Alessandra Guidi

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Campus A. Buzzati-Traverso, National Research Council, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy

Nadia Gennari

Affiliation Department of Biology, IRBM Science Park xSpA, Pomezia, Rome, Italy

Sergio Altamura

Affiliation Department of Biology, IRBM Science Park xSpA, Pomezia, Rome, Italy

Alberto Bresciani

a.bresciani@irbm.it(AB); gruberti@ibc.cnr.it(GR)

Affiliation Department of Biology, IRBM Science Park xSpA, Pomezia, Rome, Italy

Giovina Ruberti

a.bresciani@irbm.it(AB); gruberti@ibc.cnr.it(GR)

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Campus A. Buzzati-Traverso, National Research Council, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interest: Nadia Gennari, Sergio Altamura and Alberto Bresciani are affiliated with the Department of Biology, IRBM Science Park SpA. We confirm that this affiliation does not alter our adherence to any PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL AG AB GR. Performed the experiments: CL AG NG AB GR. Analyzed the data: CL AG NG AB SA GR. Wrote the paper: CL AG AB GR.