About the Authors
- Francesco Russo
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Sebastiano Di Bella
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sebastiano Di Bella, Giovanni Nigita
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Giovanni Nigita
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sebastiano Di Bella, Giovanni Nigita
Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Valentina Macca
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Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Alessandro Laganà
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Human Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Rosalba Giugno
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Alfredo Pulvirenti
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
- Alfredo Ferro
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* E-mail: ferro@dmi.unict.it
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FR. Performed the experiments: FR SDB GN VM. Analyzed the data: GN VM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL RG AP AF. Wrote the paper: FR AL RG AP AF.