About the Authors

Thomas A. Torode

Affiliation Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Susan E. Marcus

Affiliation Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Murielle Jam

Affiliations Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France

Thierry Tonon

Affiliations Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France

Richard S. Blackburn

Affiliation Sustainable Materials Research Group, Centre for Technical Textiles, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Cécile Hervé

Affiliations Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France

J. Paul Knox

j.p.knox@leeds.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TAT RSB CH JPK. Performed the experiments: TAT SEM MJ CH. Analyzed the data: TAT CH JPK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TAT SEM MJ TT CH. Wrote the paper: TAT CH JPK.