About the Authors
- Matthew B. Kilgore
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Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Megan M. Augustin
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Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Courtney M. Starks
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Affiliation Sequoia Sciences, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Mark O’Neil-Johnson
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Affiliation Sequoia Sciences, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Gregory D. May
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Affiliation National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
- John A. Crow
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Affiliation National Center for Genome Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
- Toni M. Kutchan
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* E-mail: tmkutchan@danforthcenter.org
Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
A provisional patent application has been filed on the norbelladine ’-Omethyltransferase gene sequence and enzyme activity reported in this manuscript. Co-authors from Sequoia Sciences are collaborators who provided NMR spectroscopic analysis of the enzymatic product. These interests will not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MBK TMK. Performed the experiments: MBK MMA CMS. Analyzed the data: MBK MMA CMS MOJ GDM JAC TMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MOJ GDM TMK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MBK MMA CMS MOJ GDM JAC TMK.