About the Authors

Luis G. Morello

Affiliations Laboratório Nacional de Biociências, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Patricia P. Coltri

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Alexandre J. C. Quaresma

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Fernando M. Simabuco

Affiliation Laboratório Nacional de Biociências, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Tereza C. L. Silva

Affiliation Laboratório Nacional de Biociências, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Guramrit Singh

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jeffrey A. Nickerson

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Cancer Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carla C. Oliveira

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Melissa J. Moore

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nilson I. T. Zanchin

nilson.zanchin@pq.cnpq.br

Affiliation Instituto Carlos Chagas, Fundação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LGM PPC AJCQ FMS NITZ. Performed the experiments: LGM PPC CCO AJCQ FMS TCLS. Analyzed the data: LGM PPC AJCQ FMS TCLS GS JAN CCO MJM NITZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAN MJM CCO NITZ. Wrote the paper: LGM PPC CCO NITZ.