About the Authors
- Olga Pontes
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Contributed equally to this work with: Olga Pontes, Alexa Vitins
* E-mail: opontes@unm.edu
Affiliations Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Biology Department, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Alexa Vitins
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Contributed equally to this work with: Olga Pontes, Alexa Vitins
Current address: Laboratory for Health Protection Research, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Thomas S. Ream
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Current address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wiscosin, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Evelyn Hong
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Craig S. Pikaard
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Affiliations Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Department of Biology and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
- Pedro Costa-Nunes
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Affiliations Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, Biology Department, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
OP, EH and PCN were supported by an Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Foundation award and Monsanto Company. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: OP CSP. Performed the experiments: OP AV TR EH PC-N. Analyzed the data: OP AV TR EH PC-N CSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OP AV TR EH PC-N CSP. Wrote the paper: OP AV TR EH PC-N CSP.