About the Authors

Jiantao Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiantao Zhang, Hua Liu

Current address: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas AgriLife Research Center, Texas A&M University System, Weslaco, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Hua Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jiantao Zhang, Hua Liu

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Jian Sun

Affiliation College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Bei Li

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Qiang Zhu

Current address: Unit Plant Hormone Signalling and Bio-Imaging, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Shaoliang Chen

Affiliation College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

Hongxia Zhang

hxzhang@sippe.ac.cn

Affiliation National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JTZ HL JS SLC HXZ. Performed the experiments: JTZ HL JS BL QZ. Analyzed the data: JTZ HL JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JTZ HL JS. Wrote the paper: JTZ HL HXZ.