About the Authors

Marcelo L. Lamers

Affiliations Department of Morphological Sciences, Institute of Basic Health Science, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maíra E. S. Almeida

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Miguel Vicente-Manzanares

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Alan F. Horwitz

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Marinilce F. Santos

mfsantos@usp.br

Affiliation Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLL MV-M AH MFS. Performed the experiments: MLL MESA. Analyzed the data: MLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLL AH MFS. Wrote the paper: MLL MV-M AH MFS.