About the Authors

Laura Varotto

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

Stefania Domeneghetti

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

Umberto Rosani

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

Chiara Manfrin

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Miren P. Cajaraville

Affiliation Department of Zoology & Cell Biology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

Stefano Raccanelli

Affiliation Consorzio INCA Marghera, Venezia, Italy

Alberto Pallavicini

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Paola Venier

paola.venier@unipd.it

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PV. Performed the experiments: LV SD UR SR. Analyzed the data: LV SD UR MPC CM AP PV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PV. Wrote the paper: PV.