About the Authors

Siomar C. Soares

Affiliation Department of General Biology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Vinícius A. C. Abreu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rommel T. J. Ramos

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Louise Cerdeira

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Artur Silva

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil

Jan Baumbach

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken, Saarland, Germany

Eva Trost

Affiliation Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Andreas Tauch

Affiliation Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Raphael Hirata Jr.

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology Discipline, Medical Sciences Faculty, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ana L. Mattos-Guaraldi

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology Discipline, Medical Sciences Faculty, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Anderson Miyoshi

Affiliation Department of General Biology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Vasco Azevedo

vasco@icb.ufmg.br

Affiliations Department of General Biology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM VA. Performed the experiments: SCS VACA RTJR LC AS. Analyzed the data: SCS VACA RTJR LC AS JB ET AT RH ALMG AM VA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCS VACA RTJR LC AS JB ET AT RH ALMG AM VA. Wrote the paper: SCS VACA RTJR LC AS JB ET AT RH ALMG AM VA. Read and gave insights about the software: SCS VACA RTJR LC AS JB ET AT RH ALMG AM VA.