About the Authors

Diego Allonso

Affiliation Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Marcelo D. F. Meneses

Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Carlos A. Fernandes

Affiliation Laboratorio Central Noel Nütels (LACEN), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Davis F. Ferreira

Affiliation Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Ronaldo Mohana-Borges

mohana@biof.ufrj.br

Affiliation Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DA MDM DFF RMB. Performed the experiments: DA MDM. Analyzed the data: DA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAF DFF RMB. Wrote the paper: DA RMB.