About the Authors

Ana María Gamez-Mendez

Affiliation Departamento de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav) del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, D.F. México

Hilda Vargas-Robles

Affiliation Departamento de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav) del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, D.F. México

Amelia Ríos

Affiliation Cinvestav Monterrey, Apodaca, N.L. México

Bruno Escalante

bescalan@cinvestav.mx

Affiliation Cinvestav Monterrey, Apodaca, N.L. México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BE AMGM. Performed the experiments: AMGM HV-R AR. Analyzed the data: BE AMGM AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BE. Wrote the paper: BE AMGM AR.