About the Authors

Babi Ramesh Reddy Nallamilli

Contributed equally to this work with: Babi Ramesh Reddy Nallamilli, Mariola J. Edelmann

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Mariola J. Edelmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Babi Ramesh Reddy Nallamilli, Mariola J. Edelmann

Affiliation Institute of Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Station, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Xiaoxian Zhong

Current address: Jiangsu Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Feng Tan

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Hana Mujahid

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Jian Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Bindu Nanduri

Affiliations Institute of Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Station, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Zhaohua Peng

zp7@BCH.msstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZP BRRN MJE. Performed the experiments: BRRN MJE HM JZ. Analyzed the data: BRRN MJE XZ FT BN ZP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZP MJE. Wrote the paper: BRRN ZP MJE.