About the Authors
- Andreia Madeira
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Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Sandra C. dos Santos
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Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Pedro M. Santos
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Current address: CBMA-Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Carla P. Coutinho
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Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Jean Tyrrell
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Affiliation Centre of Microbial Host Interactions, Department of Science, ITT-Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Siobhán McClean
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Affiliation Centre of Microbial Host Interactions, Department of Science, ITT-Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Máire Callaghan
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Affiliation Centre of Microbial Host Interactions, Department of Science, ITT-Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Isabel Sá-Correia
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* E-mail: isacorreia@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ISC MC PMS. Performed the experiments: PMS AM JT CPC. Analyzed the data: ISC AM SCS MC SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ISC MC SM. Wrote the manuscript: ISC AM SCS MC SM. 2-D DIGE-based proteomic analysis: PMS AM. Virulence and CAS assays: JT. qRT-PCR: CPC.