About the Authors

Marta Columbaro

Contributed equally to this work with: Marta Columbaro, Silvia Ravera, Paolo Degan, Enrico Cappelli

Affiliation SC Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Cell Biology, IOR, Bologna, Italy

Silvia Ravera

Contributed equally to this work with: Marta Columbaro, Silvia Ravera, Paolo Degan, Enrico Cappelli

Affiliation DIFAR-Biochemistry Lab., University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Cristina Capanni

Affiliation CNR-National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Unit of Bologna-IOR, Bologna, Italy

Isabella Panfoli

Affiliation DIFAR-Biochemistry Lab., University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Paola Cuccarolo

Affiliation S. C. Mutagenesis, IRCCS AOU San Martino – IST (Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro), Genova, Italy

Giorgia Stroppiana

Affiliation Centro di Diagnostica Genetica e Biochimica delle Malattie Metaboliche, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Paolo Degan

Contributed equally to this work with: Marta Columbaro, Silvia Ravera, Paolo Degan, Enrico Cappelli

Affiliation S. C. Mutagenesis, IRCCS AOU San Martino – IST (Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro), Genova, Italy

Enrico Cappelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Marta Columbaro, Silvia Ravera, Paolo Degan, Enrico Cappelli

enricocappelli@ospedale-gaslini.ge.it

Affiliation Hematology Unit, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC SR GS PC CC IP EC PD. Performed the experiments: MC SR GS PC CC. Analyzed the data: PD EC IP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IP CC EC PD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: EC PD.