About the Authors

Paramasivan Vijayapalani

Affiliation Plant Pathology and Microbiology Department, Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Masayoshi Maeshima

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Dynamics, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Nahoko Nagasaki-Takekuchi

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Dynamics, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

W. Allen Miller

wamiller@iastate.edu

Affiliation Plant Pathology and Microbiology Department, Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PV WAM. Performed the experiments: PV. Analyzed the data: PV WAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PV MM NN-T. Wrote the paper: PV MM WAM.