About the Authors

Lauriebeth Leonelli

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

Jeffery Pelton

Affiliation QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Allyn Schoeffler

Affiliations QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Douglas Dahlbeck

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

James Berger

Affiliations QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

David E. Wemmer

Affiliations QB3 Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Brian 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: LL JP AS DD JB DEW BJS. Performed the experiments: LL JP AS DD DEW. Analyzed the data: LL JP AS DD JB DEW BJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL JP AS DD. Wrote the paper: LL JP AS DEW BJS.