About the Authors

Rosalie Maltby

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Mary P. Leatham-Jensen

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

Terri Gibson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Paul S. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America

Tyrrell Conway

tconway@ou.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM MPL PSC TC. Performed the experiments: RM MPL TG. Analyzed the data: RM MPL PSC TC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM MPL TG PSC TC. Wrote the paper: RM PSC TC.