About the Authors

Jilong Li

Affiliations Computer Science Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, MU Botanical Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Jie Hou

Affiliation Computer Science Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Lin Sun

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Jordan Maximillian Wilkins

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Yuan Lu

Affiliations MU Botanical Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Chad E. Niederhuth

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Benjamin Ryan Merideth

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Thomas P. Mawhinney

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Valeri V. Mossine

Affiliations MU Botanical Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

C. Michael Greenlief

Affiliations MU Botanical Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

John C. Walker

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

William R. Folk

Affiliations MU Botanical Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Mark Hannink

Affiliations MU Botanical Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Dennis B. Lubahn

Affiliations MU Botanical Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

James A. Birchler

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Jianlin Cheng

chengji@missouri.edu

Affiliations Computer Science Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, MU Botanical Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Informatics Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, C. Bond Life Science Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC JL. Performed the experiments: JC JL. Analyzed the data: JC JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL LS JMW YL CEN BRM TPM VVM CMG JCW WRF MH DBL JAB JC. Wrote the paper: JL JC. Web service construction: JL JH.