About the Authors

Micaela Pivato

Affiliation CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Giorgia De Franceschi

Affiliation CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Laura Tosatto

Current address: Istituto di Biofisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Povo (TN), Italy

Affiliation University of Padova, Department of Biology, Padova, Italy

Erica Frare

Affiliation CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Dhruv Kumar

Affiliation University of Bologna, Department of Biochemistry, Bologna, Italy

Daniel Aioanei

Affiliation University of Bologna, Department of Biochemistry, Bologna, Italy

Marco Brucale

Affiliation CNR, Institute of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN), Montelibretti, Roma, Italy

Isabella Tessari

Affiliation University of Padova, Department of Biology, Padova, Italy

Marco Bisaglia

Affiliation University of Padova, Department of Biology, Padova, Italy

Bruno Samori

Affiliation University of Bologna, Department of Biochemistry, Bologna, Italy

Patrizia Polverino de Laureto

patrizia.polverinodelaureto@unipd.it (PPDL); luigi.bubacco@unipd.it (LB)

Affiliation CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Luigi Bubacco

patrizia.polverinodelaureto@unipd.it (PPDL); luigi.bubacco@unipd.it (LB)

Affiliation University of Padova, Department of Biology, Padova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB PPDL. Performed the experiments: MP GDF LT EF DK M. Brucale IT M. Bisaglia. Analyzed the data: MP GDF LT EF DK M. Brucale M. Bisaglia LB PPDL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS DA. Wrote the paper: LB PPDL.