About the Authors

Diana N. Obanda

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Peng Zhao

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Allison J. Richard

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

David Ribnicky

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

William T. Cefalu

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Jacqueline M. Stephens

jsteph1@lsu.edu

Affiliation Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DNO PZ AJR JMS. Performed the experiments: DNO PZ AJR. Analyzed the data: DNO PZ AJR DR WTC JMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PZ WTC JMS. Wrote the paper: DNO PZ AJR DR WTC JMS.