About the Authors

Hao Chen

Affiliations Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Chemical and Life Sciences & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Baichen Zhang

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

Leslie M. Hicks

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

Liming Xiong

liming.xiong@kaust.edu.sa

Affiliations Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Chemical and Life Sciences & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC BZ LMH LX. Performed the experiments: HC BZ. Analyzed the data: HC BZ LMH LX. Wrote the paper: HC BZ LMH LX.