About the Authors

Rafael Silva-Rocha

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, FMRP - University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Lilian dos Santos Castro

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, FMRP - University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Amanda Cristina Campos Antoniêto

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, FMRP - University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

María-Eugenia Guazzaroni

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, FFCLRP - University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Gabriela Felix Persinoti

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, FMRP - University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Roberto Nascimento Silva

rsilva@fmrp.usp.br

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, FMRP - University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RSR RNS. Performed the experiments: RSR LSC ACCA GFP. Analyzed the data: RSR MEG. Wrote the paper: RSR RNS.