About the Authors

Simone S. Santos-Lopes

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Rinaldo W. Pereira

Affiliations Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Catholic University of Brasília (UCB), Brasília, Brazil

Ian J. Wilson

Affiliation Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Sérgio D.J. Pena

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: spena@dcc.ufmg.br

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SP. Performed the experiments: SS RP. Analyzed the data: SP IW. Wrote the paper: SP.