About the Authors

Qing-Ming Qin

qqin@ag.tamu.edu (QMQ); pjdefigueiredo@tamu.edu (PdF)

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Borlaug Advanced Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jijing Luo

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Xiaorong Lin

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jianwu Pei

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Lei Li

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Borlaug Advanced Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Thomas A. Ficht

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Paul de Figueiredo

qqin@ag.tamu.edu (QMQ); pjdefigueiredo@tamu.edu (PdF)

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Borlaug Advanced Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QMQ PdF. Performed the experiments: QMQ JL XL JP LL. Analyzed the data: QMQ XL PdF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL TAF. Wrote the paper: QMQ PdF.Obtained permission for use of cell line: QMQ PdF. Analyzed data: QMQ XL PdF.