About the Authors

Nga T. Lao

Affiliation Plant Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Alan P. Maloney

Affiliation Plant Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

John F. Atkins

Affiliations Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Tony A. Kavanagh

tkvanagh@mail.tcd.ie

Affiliation Plant Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JFA TAK. Performed the experiments: NTL APM. Analyzed the data: NTL APM. Wrote the paper: NTL TAK.