About the Authors

Renato Vicentini

shinapes@unicamp.br

Affiliation Systems Biology Laboratory, Centre for Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Alexandra Bottcher

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Michael dos Santos Brito

Affiliations Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, Sugarcane Center, Agronomic Institute of Campinas, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Adriana Brombini dos Santos

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Silvana Creste

Affiliation Sugarcane Center, Agronomic Institute of Campinas, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Marcos Guimarães de Andrade Landell

Affiliation Sugarcane Center, Agronomic Institute of Campinas, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

Igor Cesarino

Affiliation Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Paulo Mazzafera

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RV SC ML PM. Performed the experiments: RV AB MB AS. Analyzed the data: RV AB MB AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RV SC ML IC PM. Wrote the paper: RV MB IC PM.