About the Authors

Narayanan N. Narayanan

Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Uzoma Ihemere

Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Claire Ellery

Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Richard T. Sayre

rsayre@danforthcenter.org

Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RTS NNN. Performed the experiments: RTS NNN UI CE. Analyzed the data: RTS NNN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RTS NNN UI CE. Wrote the paper: RTS NNN.