About the Authors

Yishi Liu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Brigitte LeBeouf

Affiliations Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Xiaoyan Guo

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Paola A. Correa

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Daisy G. Gualberto

Affiliations Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Robyn Lints

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

L. Rene Garcia

rgarcia@mail.bio.tamu.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL LRG. Performed the experiments: YL BL XG PAC DGG LRG. Analyzed the data: YL BL XG LRG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL RL LRG. Wrote the paper: YL LRG.