About the Authors

Edoardo Giacopuzzi

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, Unit of Biology and Genetics, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Roberto Bresciani

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, Unit of Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Roland Schauer

Affiliation Institute of Biochemistry, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany

Eugenio Monti

monti@med.unibs.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, Unit of Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Giuseppe Borsani

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, Unit of Biology and Genetics, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EG EM GB. Performed the experiments: EG. Analyzed the data: EG RB EM GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG EM GB. Wrote the paper: EG RB RS EM GB.