About the Authors

Ksenia V. Krasileva

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Connie Zheng

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Lauriebeth Leonelli

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Sandra Goritschnig

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Douglas Dahlbeck

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Brian J. Staskawicz

stask@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK CZ LL SG DD BS. Performed the experiments: KK CZ LL SG DD. Analyzed the data: KK CZ LL SG DD BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK CZ LL SG DD BS. Wrote the paper: KK LL SG BS.