About the Authors

Simone Gardini

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Sara Cheli

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Silvia Baroni

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Gabriele Di Lascio

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Guido Mangiavacchi

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Nicholas Micheletti

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Carmen Luigia Monaco

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Lorenzo Savini

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Davide Alocci

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Stefano Mangani

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Neri Niccolai

neri.niccolai@unisi.it

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG NN. Performed the experiments: SC SB GDL GM NM CLM LS DA. Analyzed the data: SG SM NN. Wrote the paper: NN SM SG.