About the Authors

Sha Lu

Affiliations Plant Transformation Core Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

Xiaoyan Yin

Affiliations Plant Transformation Core Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

William Spollen

Affiliation Bioinformatics Core Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

Ning Zhang

Affiliation Department of Computer Sciences and Informatics Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

Dong Xu

Affiliation Department of Computer Sciences and Informatics Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

James Schoelz

Affiliation Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

Kristin Bilyeu

Affiliations Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America, USDA-ARS, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

Zhanyuan J. Zhang

zhangzh@missouri.edu

Affiliations Plant Transformation Core Facility, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL ZZ. Performed the experiments: SL. Analyzed the data: SL WS NZ ZZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB. Wrote the paper: SL ZZ. Helped with experimental trouble shooting: XY. Manuscript revisions: JS DX KB ZZ.