About the Authors

Terence M. Murphy

tmmurphy@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Section of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Mark Belmonte

Affiliation Section of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Stephanie Shu

Affiliation Section of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Anne B. Britt

Affiliation Section of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

James Hatteroth

Affiliation Section of Plant Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMM MB. Performed the experiments: TMM MB SS JH. Analyzed the data: TMM MB ABB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ABB JH. Wrote the paper: TMM MB.