About the Authors

Natalia V. Kirienko

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

John D. K. McEnerney

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

David S. Fay

davidfay@uwyo.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, College of Agriculture, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK JM DF. Performed the experiments: NK JM DF. Analyzed the data: NK JM DF. Wrote the paper: NK DF.