About the Authors

Alessandro Cavallo

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

Paola Priore

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

Gabriele Vincenzo Gnoni

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

Sergio Papa

Affiliation Institute of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics, National Research Council (CNR), Bari, Italy

Franco Zanotti

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Science, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Antonio Gnoni

antonio.gnoni@uniba.it

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Science, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GVG FZ AG. Performed the experiments: AC PP AG. Analyzed the data: AC PP GVG SP AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC PP. Wrote the paper: AC GVG FZ SP AG.