About the Authors

Sofia De Paolo

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy

Marco Salvemini

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy

Luciano Gaudio

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy

Serena Aceto

serena.aceto@unina.it

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA LG. Performed the experiments: SDP. Analyzed the data: SA MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA MS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SA LG MS.