About the Authors

Deyanira Pérez-Morales

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Ciudad de México, México

Jessica Nava-Galeana

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

Roberto Rosales-Reyes

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Unidad de Investigación en Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México

Paige Teehan

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Helen Yakhnin

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Erika I. Melchy-Pérez

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

Yvonne Rosenstein

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departamento de Medicina Molecular y Bioprocesos, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

Miguel A. De la Cruz

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México

Paul Babitzke

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for RNA Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Víctor H. Bustamante

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

victor.bustamante@ibt.unam.mx

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.