About the Authors
- Neida L. Conrad
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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
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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
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Affiliation Biotechnology Unit, Technological Development Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Marcelle M. Silveira
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Affiliation Biotechnology Unit, Technological Development Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Samuel Félix
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Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Science, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Karla S. Mendonça
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Affiliation Biotechnology Unit, Technological Development Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Cleiton S. Santos
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Affiliation Gonçalo Moniz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Ministry of Health, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Daniel A. Athanazio
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Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Marco A. Medeiros
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Affiliation Bio-Manguinhos, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Mitermayer G. Reis
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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
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Affiliation Biotechnology Unit, Technological Development Centre, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Alan J. A. McBride
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* E-mail: 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.