About the Authors

Neida L. Conrad

Contributed equally to this work with: Neida L. Conrad, Flávia W. Cruz McBride

Affiliation Biotechnology Unit, Technological Development Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Flávia W. Cruz McBride

Contributed equally to this work with: Neida L. Conrad, Flávia W. Cruz McBride

Affiliation Life Science and Health Centre, Catholic University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Jéssica D. Souza

Affiliation Biotechnology Unit, Technological Development Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Marcelle M. Silveira

Affiliation Biotechnology Unit, Technological Development Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Samuel Félix

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Karla S. Mendonça

Affiliation Biotechnology Unit, Technological Development Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Cleiton S. Santos

Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Daniel A. Athanazio

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Marco A. Medeiros

Affiliation Bio-Manguinhos, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mitermayer G. Reis

Affiliations Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Odir A. Dellagostin

Affiliation Biotechnology Unit, Technological Development Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Alan J. A. McBride

alan.mcbride@ufpel.edu.br

Affiliations Biotechnology Unit, Technological Development Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: NLC FWCM MAM MGR OAD and AJAM are inventors on patent applications for the use of the Lig proteins.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FWCM AJAM. Formal analysis: NLC FWCM JDS AJAM. Funding acquisition: AJAM. Investigation: NLC FWCM JDS MMS SF CSS DAA MAM AJAM. Methodology: FWCM SF KSM AJAM. Project administration: FWCM AJAM. Resources: MAM MGR OAD AJAM. Supervision: FWCM MGR OAD AJAM. Validation: NLC AJAM. Visualization: NLC AJAM. Writing – original draft: NLC AJAM. Writing – review & editing: NLC FWCM JDS MMS SF KSM CSS DAA MAM MGR OAD AJAM.