About the Authors

Rui Cruz

Affiliations The Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), Coimbra, Portugal, Biocant, Biotechnology Innovation Center, Cantanhede, Portugal

Pitter Huesgen

Affiliation Centre for Blood Research and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sean P. Riley

Affiliation Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Alexander Wlodawer

Affiliation Protein Structure Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Carlos Faro

Affiliations The Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), Coimbra, Portugal, Biocant, Biotechnology Innovation Center, Cantanhede, Portugal

Christopher M. Overall

Affiliations Centre for Blood Research and Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Juan J. Martinez

jmartinez@lsu.edu (JJM); isimoes@biocant.pt (IS)

Affiliation Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratories, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Isaura Simões

jmartinez@lsu.edu (JJM); isimoes@biocant.pt (IS)

Affiliations The Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), Coimbra, Portugal, Biocant, Biotechnology Innovation Center, Cantanhede, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC CF JJM IS. Performed the experiments: RC PH SPR. Analyzed the data: RC PH SPR CMO JJM IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMO JJM AW CF IS. Wrote the paper: RC PH CMO AW JJM IS.