About the Authors

Catarina Lopes Santos

cls@ibmc.up.pt

Affiliation IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Margarida Correia-Neves

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B’s - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Pedro Moradas-Ferreira

Affiliations IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Marta Vaz Mendes

Affiliation IBMC - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLS MVM MCN. Performed the experiments: CLS. Analyzed the data: CLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMF MVM. Wrote the paper: CLS. Assisted in the drafting: MCN PMF MVM. Provided substantial editorial advice and a critical revision of the manuscript: MCN PMF MVM.