About the Authors

Adam D. Steinbrenner

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

Sandra Goritschnig

Current address: Keygene N.V., Wageningen, The Netherlands

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

Brian J. Staskawicz

stask@berkeley.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ADS SG BJS. Performed the experiments: ADS SG. Analyzed the data: ADS SG. Wrote the paper: ADS SG BJS.