About the Authors

Pedro Madureira

Affiliations ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

Elva Bonifácio Andrade

Affiliations ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

Bernardo Gama

Affiliation ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Liliana Oliveira

Affiliations ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

Susana Moreira

Affiliation IBB, Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Adília Ribeiro

Affiliations ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

Margarida Correia-Neves

Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Patrick Trieu-Cuot

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-Positif, CNRS URA 2172, Paris, France

Manuel Vilanova

Affiliations ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

Paula Ferreira

pauferr@icbas.up.pt

Affiliations ICBAS – Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Porto, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PF PTC MCN. Performed the experiments: PM EBA BG LO SM AR. Analyzed the data: PM PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PF PTC MCN. Wrote the paper: PF PM MV PTC.