About the Authors

Isaiah Taylor

Affiliations Division of Biological Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Ying Wang

Current address: Food Science Department, Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliations Division of Biological Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Kati Seitz

Current address: Genome Center of Wisconsin and Horticulture Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliations Division of Biological Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

John Baer

Affiliations Division of Biological Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Stefan Bennewitz

Current address: Department of Cell and Metabolic Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle (Saale), Germany

Affiliations Division of Biological Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Brian P. Mooney

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Charles W. Gehrke Proteomics Center and Division of Biochemistry, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

John C. Walker

walkerj@missouri.edu

Affiliations Division of Biological Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Plant Group, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IT YW SB BPM JCW. Performed the experiments: IT YW KS JB SB BPM. Analyzed the data: IT YW BPM JCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BPM. Wrote the paper: IT.