About the Authors

Heike Lindner

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biology & Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland

Sharon A. Kessler

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharon A. Kessler, Lena M. Müller

Current address: Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, 770 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK 73019, USA

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biology & Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland

Lena M. Müller

Contributed equally to this work with: Sharon A. Kessler, Lena M. Müller

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biology & Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland

Hiroko Shimosato-Asano

Current address: Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630–0192, Japan

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biology & Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland

Aurélien Boisson-Dernier

Current address: Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, D-50674 Cologne, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biology & Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland

Ueli Grossniklaus

grossnik@botinst.uzh.ch

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biology & Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center, University of Zurich, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL SAK UG. Performed the experiments: HL LMM HSA. Analyzed the data: HL LMM SAK ABD UG. Wrote the paper: HL UG. Initiated and supervised the project: UG.