About the Authors

Robyn M Perrin

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Natalie D Fedorova

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jin Woo Bok

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Robert A Cramer Jr.

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jennifer R Wortman

Affiliation The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

H. Stanley Kim

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Korea University Medical College, Seoul, Korea

William C Nierman

Affiliations The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America , Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Nancy P Keller

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: npk@plantpath.wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

RMP, JWB, WCN, and NPK conceived and designed the experiments. RMP, JWB, RAC, JRW, and HSK performed the experiments. All authors analyzed the data and participating in the writing and editorial process. NDF, RAC, JRW, HSK, WCN, and NPK contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.