About the Authors

Nathaniel M. Butler

Affiliation Department of Plant, Soils and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, United States of America

Paul A. Atkins

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States of America

Daniel F. Voytas

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States of America

David S. Douches

douchesd@msu.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant, Soils and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NMB. Performed the experiments: NMB. Analyzed the data: NMB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAA DFV. Wrote the paper: NMB PAA DFV DSD.