About the Authors

Xiaoli Chang

chang.xiaoli@bio.uni-karlsruhe.de

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Botanical Institute 1, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Ernst Heene

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Botanical Institute 1, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Fei Qiao

Affiliation Institute of Tropical Crops Genetic Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Danzhou, China

Peter Nick

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Botanical Institute 1, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XC PN. Performed the experiments: XC. Analyzed the data: XC EH FQ PN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XC EH FQ PN. Wrote the paper: XC PN.