About the Authors

Elisângela Düsman

lisdusman@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Genetics and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Igor Vivian de Almeida

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Genetics and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Luciano Lucchetta

Affiliation Federal Technological University of Paraná, Francisco Beltrão, Paraná, Brazil

Veronica Elisa Pimenta Vicentini

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Genetics and Cell Biology, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ED IVA LL VEPV. Performed the experiments: ED IVA LL. Analyzed the data: ED VEPV. Wrote the paper: ED IVA LL VEPV.