About the Authors

Paulo Canessa

Contributed equally to this work with: Paulo Canessa, Julia Schumacher

Affiliation Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Julia Schumacher

Contributed equally to this work with: Paulo Canessa, Julia Schumacher

Affiliation Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westf. Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

Montserrat A. Hevia

Affiliation Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Paul Tudzynski

Affiliation Institut für Biologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen, Westf. Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Münster, Germany

Luis F. Larrondo

llarrondo@bio.puc.cl

Affiliation Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PC JS LFL PT. Performed the experiments: PC JS MAH. Analyzed the data: PC JS MAH LFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC JS MAH LFL PT. Wrote the paper: PC JS LFL.