About the Authors

Julia Penna-Coutinho

Affiliations Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Wilian Augusto Cortopassi

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Applied to the Chemical and Biological Defense (LMCBD), Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Aline Alves Oliveira

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Applied to the Chemical and Biological Defense (LMCBD), Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tanos Celmar Costa França

akrettli@cpqrr.fiocruz.br (AUK); tanos@ime.eb.br (TCCF)

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Modeling Applied to the Chemical and Biological Defense (LMCBD), Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Antoniana Ursine Krettli

akrettli@cpqrr.fiocruz.br (AUK); tanos@ime.eb.br (TCCF)

Affiliations Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Laboratório de Malária, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP-C WAC AAO TCCF AUK. Performed the experiments: JP-C WAC. Analyzed the data: JP-C WAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TCCF AUK. Wrote the paper: JP-C WAC TCCF AUK.