About the Authors
- Fernanda Caroline Carvalho
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Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil
- Sandro Gomes Soares
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Affiliation Invent Biotecnologia Ltda, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil
- Mirela Barros Tamarozzi
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Affiliation Invent Biotecnologia Ltda, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil
- Eduardo Magalhães Rego
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Affiliation Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil
- Maria-Cristina Roque-Barreira
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* E-mail: mcrbarre@fmrp.usp.br
Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular e Bioagentes Patogênicos, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Sandro G. Soares and Mirela B. Tamarozzi are paid employees of Invent Biotecnologia. The employment of these authors in a commercial company does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FCC SGS MCRB EMR. Performed the experiments: FCC MBT. Analyzed the data: FCC SGS MBT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCRB EMR. Wrote the paper: FCC MCRB.