About the Authors

Aurelice B. Oliveira

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Ceará, Depto. Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil

Carlos F. H. Moura

Affiliation Embrapa Agroindustria Tropical, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil

Enéas Gomes-Filho

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Ceará, Depto. Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil

Claudia A. Marco

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Cariri, Av. Tenente Raimundo Rocha s/n - Cidade Universitária, Juazeiro do Norte-CE, Brazil

Laurent Urban

Affiliation Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse, Campus Agroparc, Avignon, France

Maria Raquel A. Miranda

rmiranda@ufc.br

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Ceará, Depto. Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRAM LU EG-F. Performed the experiments: ABO CFHM CAM. Analyzed the data: ABO MRAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MRAM EG-F. Wrote the paper: ABO MRAM.