About the Authors

Sujata S. Chaudhari

sujatasv@ksu.edu (SSC); rbeeman@cox.net (RWB)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Yasuyuki Arakane

Affiliation Division of Plant Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea

Charles A. Specht

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bernard Moussian

Affiliation Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, Animal Genetics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Karl J. Kramer

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Richard W. Beeman

sujatasv@ksu.edu (SSC); rbeeman@cox.net (RWB)

Affiliation Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSC SM RWB KJK. Performed the experiments: SSC CAS BM YA. Analyzed the data: SSC SM RWB KJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSC CAS BM RWB. Wrote the paper: SSC RWB SM KJK.