About the Authors

Elena Xerxa

Affiliation Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Functional and Structural Genomics sector, Trieste, Italy

Maura Barbisin

Affiliation Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Functional and Structural Genomics sector, Trieste, Italy

Maria Novella Chieppa

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy

Helena Krmac

Affiliation Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Functional and Structural Genomics sector, Trieste, Italy

Elena Vallino Costassa

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy

Paolo Vatta

Affiliation Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Functional and Structural Genomics sector, Trieste, Italy

Marion Simmons

Affiliation Pathology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency (Weybridge), New Haw, Addlestone, United Kingdom

Maria Caramelli

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy

Cristina Casalone

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy

Cristiano Corona

Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Torino, Italy

Giuseppe Legname

legname@sissa.it

Affiliation Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Functional and Structural Genomics sector, Trieste, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GL MB C. Casalone C. Corona MC. Performed the experiments: EX HK MNC EVC. Analyzed the data: PV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS. Wrote the paper: EX MB GL MS.