About the Authors

Cristina Amaral

Affiliations Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Margarida Borges

Affiliations Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Soraia Melo

Affiliations Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Elisiário Tavares da Silva

Affiliation Center of Pharmaceutical Studies, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

Georgina Correia-da-Silva

Affiliations Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Natércia Teixeira

natercia@ff.up.pt

Affiliations Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA GCdS NT. Performed the experiments: CA SM. Analyzed the data: CA MB GCdS NT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CA GCdS NT. Wrote the paper: CA GCdS NT. Revised the manuscript: ETdS GCdS NT. Read and approved the manuscript for publication: CA MB SM ETdS GCdS NT.