About the Authors

Wellington Muchero

mucherow@ornl.gov

Affiliations Bioscience Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Mitchell M. Sewell

Current address: Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, Mills River, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Bioscience Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Priya Ranjan

Affiliations Bioscience Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Lee E. Gunter

Affiliations Bioscience Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Timothy J. Tschaplinski

Affiliations Bioscience Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Tongming Yin

Current address: The Key lab of Forest Genetics and Gene Engineering, Nanjin Forestry University, Nanjin, China

Affiliation Bioscience Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Gerald A. Tuskan

Affiliations Bioscience Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMS TJT GAT. Performed the experiments: MMS LEG TJT GAT. Analyzed the data: WM MMS PR TY. Wrote the paper: WM MMS.