About the Authors

I-Chun Pan

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Academia Sinica Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan

Der-Chih Liao

Affiliation Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Fu-Huei Wu

Affiliation Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Henry Daniell

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Nameirakpam Dolendro Singh

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Chen Chang

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Ming-Che Shih

Affiliation Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Tsair Chan

mbmtchan@gate.sinica.edu.tw (M-TC); cslin99@gate.sinica.edu.tw (C-SL)

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Academia Sinica Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan

Choun-Sea Lin

mbmtchan@gate.sinica.edu.tw (M-TC); cslin99@gate.sinica.edu.tw (C-SL)

Affiliation Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTC CSL. Performed the experiments: ICP DCL FHW. Analyzed the data: HD NDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC MCS MTC CSL. Wrote the paper: ICP CSL.