About the Authors

Sandra Goritschnig

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Ksenia V. Krasileva

Current address: Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Douglas Dahlbeck

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Brian J. Staskawicz

stask@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG KVK DD BJS. Performed the experiments: SG KVK DD. Analyzed the data: SG KVK DD BJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG KVK DD BJS. Wrote the paper: SG KVK BJS.