About the Authors

Uma Shankar Sagaram

Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Raghoottama Pandurangi

Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Jagdeep Kaur

Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Thomas J. Smith

Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Dilip M. Shah

dshah@danforthcenter.org

Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: USS RP JK DMS. Performed the experiments: USS RP. Analyzed the data: USS RP JK TJS DMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJS DMS. Wrote the paper: USS RP JK TJS DMS.