About the Authors

Noah Fahlgren

Affiliations Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Miya D. Howell

Affiliation Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Kristin D. Kasschau

Affiliation Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Elisabeth J. Chapman

Affiliations Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Christopher M. Sullivan

Affiliation Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Jason S. Cumbie

Affiliation Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Scott A. Givan

Affiliation Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Theresa F. Law

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Sarah R. Grant

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jeffery L. Dangl

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

James C. Carrington

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: carrington@cgrb.oregonstate.edu

Affiliation Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC JD SG KK NF EC MH. Performed the experiments: SG NF EC MH TL. Analyzed the data: JC KK NF CS JC SG MH. Wrote the paper: JC KK NF.