About the Authors

Nuno P. Mira

Affiliations IBB, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Center for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Andreia Madeira

Affiliations IBB, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Center for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Ana Sílvia Moreira

Affiliation IBB, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Center for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Carla P. Coutinho

Affiliation IBB, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Center for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Isabel Sá-Correia

isacorreia@ist.utl.pt

Affiliations IBB, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Center for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ISC. Performed the experiments: NPM AM ASM CPC. Analyzed the data: NPM AM. Wrote the paper: NPM ISC.