About the Authors

Andrew J. Donati

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

Hae-In Lee

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

Johan H. J. Leveau

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Woo-Suk Chang

wschang@uta.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WSC AJD HIL. Performed the experiments: AJD HIL. Analyzed the data: HIL WSC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WSC JHJL. Wrote the manuscript: AJD HIL JHJL WSC.