About the Authors

Bingyu Zhao

Affiliations Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Douglas Dahlbeck

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Ksenia V. Krasileva

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Richard W. Fong

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Brian J. Staskawicz

stask@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJS BZ DD KVK. Performed the experiments: BZ DD KVK RWF. Analyzed the data: BJS BZ DD KVK RWF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJS BZ DD KVK. Wrote the paper: BJS BZ DD KVK.