About the Authors

Guido Santos

Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Néstor V. Torres

ntorres@ull.edu.es

Affiliations Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Tenerife, Spain

Competing Interests

Co-author Nestor Torres is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This fact does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS NVT. Performed the experiments: GS NVT. Analyzed the data: GS NVT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS NVT. Wrote the paper: GS NVT.