About the Authors

Josie Hilley

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Sandra Truong

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Sara Olson

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Daryl Morishige

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

John Mullet

jmullet@tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

This research was supported by the Perry Adkisson Chair in Agricultural Biology, the Feedstock Genomics Program (NIFA No. 2010-67009-21507), and Ceres, Inc. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There are no constraints on the use of the published information or the genetic materials used in this research, and the authors declare there are no other competing interests. The source of funding for this study does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH SO JM. Performed the experiments: JH SO. Analyzed the data: JH ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST DM. Wrote the paper: JH JM.