About the Authors

Mehdi Hosseini-Mazinani

Contributed equally to this work with: Mehdi Hosseini-Mazinani, Roberto Mariotti, Bahareh Torkzaban

luciana.baldoni@ibbr.cnr.it (LB); hosseini@nigeb.ac.ir (MHM)

Affiliation National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran

Roberto Mariotti

Contributed equally to this work with: Mehdi Hosseini-Mazinani, Roberto Mariotti, Bahareh Torkzaban

Affiliation CNR - Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Perugia, Italy

Bahareh Torkzaban

Contributed equally to this work with: Mehdi Hosseini-Mazinani, Roberto Mariotti, Bahareh Torkzaban

Affiliation National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran

Massoma Sheikh-Hassani

Affiliation National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran

Saeedeh Ataei

Affiliation National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran

Nicolò G. M. Cultrera

Affiliation CNR - Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Perugia, Italy

Saverio Pandolfi

Affiliation CNR - Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Perugia, Italy

Luciana Baldoni

luciana.baldoni@ibbr.cnr.it (LB); hosseini@nigeb.ac.ir (MHM)

Affiliation CNR - Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Perugia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MHM RM BT LB. Performed the experiments: BT RM NGMC SP MSH SA. Analyzed the data: RM LB NGMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LB MHM. Wrote the paper: LB RM MHM BT.