About the Authors

Mayandi Sivaguru

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Luke Mander

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Glenn Fried

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Surangi W. Punyasena

punyasena@life.illinois.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS LM SWP. Performed the experiments: MS LM. Analyzed the data: MS LM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS LM SWP GF. Wrote the paper: MS LM SWP GF. Supervised the project: SWP GF.