About the Authors
- Carlo Meneghini
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Contributed equally to this work with: Carlo Meneghini, Loris Leboffe
Affiliation Department of Sciences, Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy
- Loris Leboffe
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Contributed equally to this work with: Carlo Meneghini, Loris Leboffe
Affiliations Department of Sciences, Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy, National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, Roma, Italy
- Monica Bionducci
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Affiliation Department of Sciences, Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy
- Gabriella Fanali
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Affiliation Biomedical Research Division, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, and Center of Neuroscience, University of Insubria, Busto Arsizio (VA), Italy
- Massimiliano Meli
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Affiliation Institute for Molecular Recognition Chemistry, National Research Council, Milano, Italy
- Giorgio Colombo
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Affiliation Institute for Molecular Recognition Chemistry, National Research Council, Milano, Italy
- Mauro Fasano
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Affiliation Biomedical Research Division, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, and Center of Neuroscience, University of Insubria, Busto Arsizio (VA), Italy
- Paolo Ascenzi
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* E-mail: ascenzi@uniroma3.it
Affiliations National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, Roma, Italy, Interdepartmental Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy
- Settimio Mobilio
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Affiliation Department of Sciences, Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interest: co-author Giorgio Colombo is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GC MF PA SM. Performed the experiments: CM LL MM. Analyzed the data: CM LL MB GF MM GC MF PA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC PA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GC MF PA SM.