About the Authors

Roberto Franco Teixeira Corrêa

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Daniel Mendes Pereira Ardisson-Araújo

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Rose Gomes Monnerat

Affiliation Embrapa – Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, C.P. 02373, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Bergmann Morais Ribeiro

bergmann@unb.br

Affiliation Departamento de Biologia Celular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RFTC BMR. Performed the experiments: RFTC DMAA. Analyzed the data: RFCT DMAA BMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RGM BMR. Wrote the paper: RFTC BMR.