About the Authors

Nicolás Ambrosis

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (IBBM)-CCT-CONICET-La Plata, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

Chelsea D. Boyd

Current address: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Division of Extramural Activities, Scientific Review Program, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

George A. O´Toole

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Julieta Fernández

julietafernandez3@gmail.com (JF); federico.sisti@gmail.com (FS)

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (IBBM)-CCT-CONICET-La Plata, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

Federico Sisti

julietafernandez3@gmail.com (JF); federico.sisti@gmail.com (FS)

Affiliation Instituto de Biotecnología y Biología Molecular (IBBM)-CCT-CONICET-La Plata, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NA JF GAO FS. Performed the experiments: NA CDB JF FS. Analyzed the data: NA CDB JF GAO FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JF GAO FS. Wrote the paper: JF GAO FS.