About the Authors

Jian Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, Infectious Diseases Institute, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Neocles B. Leontis

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomolecular Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

Craig L. Zirbel

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America

David M. Bisaro

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

bisaro.1@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, Infectious Diseases Institute, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Biao Ding

† Deceased.

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Center for Applied Plant Sciences, Center for RNA Biology, Infectious Diseases Institute, and Graduate Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.