About the Authors

Kenichi Tsuda

tsuda@mpipz.mpg.de

Affiliations Department of Plant Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany, Department of Plant Biology, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Akira Mine

Affiliation Department of Plant Microbe Interactions, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany

Gerit Bethke

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Daisuke Igarashi

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Institute for Innovation, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., 1-1, Suzuki-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Japan

Christopher J. Botanga

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Yayoi Tsuda

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Jane Glazebrook

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Masanao Sato

Affiliation National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Higashiyama, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan

Fumiaki Katagiri

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

Daisuke Igarashi is employed by Ajinomoto Co., Inc. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Genetics policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT. Performed the experiments: KT AM GB DI. Analyzed the data: KT AM FK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJB YT MS JG. Wrote the paper: KT JG FK.