About the Authors

Sundaram Kuppu

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Ek Han Tan

Affiliation Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Hanh Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Andrea Rodgers

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Luca Comai

Affiliation Plant Biology and Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Simon W. L. Chan

† Deceased.

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Anne B. Britt

abbritt@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK SWLC ABB. Performed the experiments: SK HN AR. Analyzed the data: SK EHT LC ABB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EHT SWLC. Wrote the paper: SK EHT LC ABB.