About the Authors

Paula Santoyo-Ramos

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, and Biomedical Research Institute, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico

María Likhatcheva

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, and Biomedical Research Institute, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico

Eduardo A. García-Zepeda

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, and Biomedical Research Institute, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico

M. Cristina Castañeda-Patlán

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, and Biomedical Research Institute, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico

Martha Robles-Flores

rmartha@unam.mx

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, and Biomedical Research Institute, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRF PSR. Performed the experiments: PSR ML MCCP. Analyzed the data: MRF PSR EAGZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRF EAGZ. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MRF.