About the Authors

Soo Chan Lee

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Nicolas Corradi

Affiliation Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Sylvia Doan

Affiliation Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Fred S. Dietrich

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Patrick J. Keeling

Affiliation Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Joseph Heitman

heitm001@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJK JH. Performed the experiments: SCL NC SD FSD. Analyzed the data: SCL NC FSD PJK JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJK JH. Wrote the paper: SCL NC PJK JH.