About the Authors

Paolo Ascenzi

ascenzi@uniroma3.it

Affiliation Interdepartmental Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, University Roma Tre, Roma, Italy

Alessandra di Masi

Affiliations Interdepartmental Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, University Roma Tre, Roma, Italy, Department of Sciences, University Roma Tre, Roma, Italy

Grazia R. Tundo

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Roma, Italy, Interuniversity Consortium for the Research on the Chemistry of Metals in Biological Systems, Bari, Italy

Alessandra Pesce

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Paolo Visca

Affiliation Interdepartmental Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, University Roma Tre, Roma, Italy

Massimo Coletta

Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Roma, Italy, Interuniversity Consortium for the Research on the Chemistry of Metals in Biological Systems, Bari, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PA PV MC. Performed the experiments: AdM GRT AP. Analyzed the data: PA PV MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PA AP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PA PV MC.