About the Authors

Li Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Li Chen, Filomena Gabriella Fulcoli

Affiliation Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Filomena Gabriella Fulcoli

Contributed equally to this work with: Li Chen, Filomena Gabriella Fulcoli

Affiliation Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano Buzzati Traverso,” National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Rosa Ferrentino

Affiliation Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano Buzzati Traverso,” National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Stefania Martucciello

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

Elizabeth A. Illingworth

Affiliations Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano Buzzati Traverso,” National Research Council, Naples, Italy, Department of Chemistry and Biology, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

Antonio Baldini

antonio.baldini@igb.cnr.it

Affiliations Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano Buzzati Traverso,” National Research Council, Naples, Italy, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB EAI FGF LC. Performed the experiments: LC FGF RF SM. Analyzed the data: LC FGF SM AB EAI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAI FGF AB. Wrote the paper: AB EAI LC FGF.