About the Authors

Pan Liao

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Hui Wang

Current address: Key Laboratory of Microorganism and Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Mingfu Wang

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

An-Shan Hsiao

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Thomas J. Bach

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UPR 2357, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Strasbourg, France

Mee-Len Chye

mlchye@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PL HW TJB MLC. Performed the experiments: PL HW MFW ASH TJB. Analyzed the data: PL HW TJB MLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLC TJB. Wrote the paper: PL HW TJB MLC. Coordinated the project: TJB MLC.