About the Authors

Xiangshu Dong

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Hankuil Yi

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Jeongyeo Lee

Current address: Plant Systems Engineering Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Ill-Sup Nou

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Jeonnam, Republic of Korea

Ching-Tack Han

ykhur@cnu.ac.kr (YH); cthan@sogang.ac.kr (CTH)

Affiliation Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Yoonkang Hur

ykhur@cnu.ac.kr (YH); cthan@sogang.ac.kr (CTH)

Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTH YH. Performed the experiments: XD JL HY. Analyzed the data: XD HY ISN CTH YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ISN CTH YH. Wrote the paper: XD HY CTH YH.