About the Authors

Stéphane Bellafiore

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Zhouxin Shen

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Marie-Noelle Rosso

Affiliation INRA, Unité Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes et Santé Végétale, Antibes, France

Pierre Abad

Affiliation INRA, Unité Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes et Santé Végétale, Antibes, France

Patrick Shih

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Steven P. Briggs

sbriggs@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB SPB. Performed the experiments: SB ZS. Analyzed the data: SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB MNR PA PS. Wrote the paper: SB SPB.