About the Authors

Yimo Liu

Affiliations Interdepartmental Genetics Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Diane C. Bassham

bassham@iastate.edu

Affiliations Interdepartmental Genetics Program, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL DB. Performed the experiments: YL. Analyzed the data: YL DB. Wrote the paper: YL DB.