About the Authors

Karen N. Pelletreau

karen.pelletreau@uconn.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America,

Andreas P. M. Weber

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany

Katrin L. Weber

Affiliation Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany

Mary E. Rumpho

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America,

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KNP MER. Performed the experiments: KNP APMW KLW. Analyzed the data: KNP MER APMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KNP MER APMW KLW. Wrote the paper: KNP MER APMW KLW.