About the Authors

Yao Yao

Affiliations Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Kathleen Marchal

yves.vandepeer@psb.ugent.be (YVdP); kathleen.marchal@intec.ugent.be (KM)

Affiliations Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Information Technology, iMinds, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Yves Van de Peer

yves.vandepeer@psb.ugent.be (YVdP); kathleen.marchal@intec.ugent.be (KM)

Affiliations Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Department of Genetics, Genomics Research Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY KM YVdP. Performed the experiments: YY. Analyzed the data: YY KM YVdP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM YVdP. Wrote the paper: YY KM YVdP.