About the Authors
- Laura R. Schaevitz
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* E-mail: Laura.Schaevitz@tufts.edu
Current address: Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Raffaella Nicolai
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Affiliation Sigma Tau SpA, Pomezia, Italy
- Carla M. Lopez
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Stefania D'Iddio
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Affiliation Sigma Tau SpA, Pomezia, Italy
- Emerenziana Iannoni
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Affiliation Sigma Tau SpA, Pomezia, Italy
- Joanne E. Berger-Sweeney
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Current address: Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
Authors RN, SD, and EI are employees of the commercial funder of this research, Sigma-Tau S.p.A. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LRS RN SD EI JEBS. Performed the experiments: LRS CML. Analyzed the data: LRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RN SD EI. Wrote the paper: LRS JEBS.