About the Authors

Matteo A. Avella

Current address: Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Allen Place

o.carnevali@univpm.it (OC); place@umces.edu (AP); zohar@umbc.edu (YZ)

Affiliation Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland, Center of Environmental Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shao-Jun Du

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ernest Williams

Affiliation Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland, Center of Environmental Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stefania Silvi

Affiliation School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy

Yonathan Zohar

o.carnevali@univpm.it (OC); place@umces.edu (AP); zohar@umbc.edu (YZ)

Affiliation Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology & Department of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Oliana Carnevali

o.carnevali@univpm.it (OC); place@umces.edu (AP); zohar@umbc.edu (YZ)

Affiliation Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAA AP YZ OC. Performed the experiments: MAA EW. Analyzed the data: MAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD SS. Wrote the paper: MAA OC.