About the Authors
- Simone Macrì
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Contributed equally to this work with: Simone Macrì, Riccardo Sgarra
Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Riccardo Sgarra
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Contributed equally to this work with: Simone Macrì, Riccardo Sgarra
Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Gloria Ros
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Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Elisa Maurizio
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Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Salvina Zammitti
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Current address: Eurospital S.p.A. Research and Development-Diagnostic Division, Trieste, Italy
Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Ornella Milani
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Current address: Department of Biochemistry, Nerviano Medical Sciences, Milano, Italy
Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Marco Onorati
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Current address: Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Centre for Stem Cell Research University of Milano, Milano, Italy
Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Robert Vignali
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* E-mail: manfiole@units.it (GM); rvignali@biologia.unipi.it (RV)
Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Guidalberto Manfioletti
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* E-mail: manfiole@units.it (GM); rvignali@biologia.unipi.it (RV)
Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors state that all the work has been performed in the laboratories at the University of Trieste and the University of Pisa. The two authors (Salvina Zammitti and Ornella Milani) later moved to these companies. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SM RS RV GM. Performed the experiments: SM RS GR EM SZ OM MO. Analyzed the data: SM RS GR EM SZ OM MO RV GM. Wrote the paper: SM RS RV GM.