About the Authors

Lu Jin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tea Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, PR China

Mohammad Wadud Bhuiya

Affiliation Conagen Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Mengmeng Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tea Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, PR China

XiangQi Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tea Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, PR China

Jixiang Han

Affiliation Conagen Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

WeiWei Deng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tea Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, PR China

Min Wang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tea Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, PR China

Oliver Yu

Affiliation Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Zhengzhu Zhang

zzz@ahau.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tea Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. M. W. Bhuiya and J. X. Han are employed by Conagen Inc. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZZ OY. Performed the experiments: LJ MWB MML XQL JXH MW. Analyzed the data: LJ MWB MML XQL JXH MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJ MWB. Wrote the paper: LJ MWB WWD ZZZ OY.