About the Authors
- Michael A. Costa
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Affiliation Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Joaquim V. Marques
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Affiliation Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Doralyn S. Dalisay
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Affiliation Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Barrington Herman
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Affiliation Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Diana L. Bedgar
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Affiliation Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Laurence B. Davin
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Affiliation Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
- Norman G. Lewis
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* E-mail: lewisn@wsu.edu
Affiliations Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America, Ealasid, Inc., Pullman, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal′s policy and have the following conflicts: One of the authors is the President of a company, Ealasid, Inc. that is planning to commercialize these developments. The authors are currently in a start-up phase and are applying for patent protection. U.S. patent application: Costa, M.A., Davin, L.B., Lewis, N.G. “Modified Plants for Producing Aroma/Fine/Specialty Chemicals” serial number 13/959,679 filed August 5, 2013. This confirms that this does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LBD NGL. Performed the experiments: MAC JVM DSD DB BH. Analyzed the data: MAC JVM DSD LBD NGL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAC JVM DSD DB BH. Wrote the paper: MAC JVM DSD LBD NGL.