About the Authors

Roberta Besio

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Roberta Gioia

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Federica Cossu

Affiliation Department of BioSciences, CNR-IBF and CIMAINA, University of Milano, Milano, Italy

Enrico Monzani

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Stefania Nicolis

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Lucia Cucca

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Antonella Profumo

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Luigi Casella

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Ruggero Tenni

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Martino Bolognesi

Affiliation Department of BioSciences, CNR-IBF and CIMAINA, University of Milano, Milano, Italy

Antonio Rossi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Antonella Forlino

aforlino@unipv.it

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Biochemistry Unit, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF. Performed the experiments: RB RG FC LC. Analyzed the data: AF RB EM AP RT AR SN LC FC MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF AP RT AR MB. Wrote the paper: AF RB MB.