About the Authors

Celso Cortés-Romero

Affiliation Department of Plant Genetic Engineering, Cinvestav-Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

Aída Martínez-Hernández

Affiliation Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Campeche, Sihochac, Champotón, Campeche, Mexico

Erika Mellado-Mojica

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Cinvestav-Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

Mercedes G. López

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Cinvestav-Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

June Simpson

jsimpson@ira.cinvestav.mx

Affiliation Department of Plant Genetic Engineering, Cinvestav-Irapuato, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCR JS AMH. Performed the experiments: CCR EMM MGL AMH. Analyzed the data: CCR AMH JS MGL EMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS MGL AMH. Wrote the paper: CCR JS.