About the Authors

Loredana Zilli

loredana.zilli@unisalento.it

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

José Beirão

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of León, León, Spain

Roberta Schiavone

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

Maria Paz Herraez

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of León, León, Spain

Antonio Gnoni

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

Sebastiano Vilella

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ JB MPH SV. Performed the experiments: LZ JB RS AG. Analyzed the data: LZ SV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ JB AG. Wrote the paper: LZ SV.