About the Authors

Marcia González-Teuber

mgonzalez-teuber@ice.mpg.de

Affiliation Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Jena, Germany

Juan Carlos Silva Bueno

Affiliation Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, CINVESTAV-Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Guanajuato, México

Martin Heil

Affiliation Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, CINVESTAV-Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Guanajuato, México

Wilhelm Boland

Affiliation Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Beutenberg Campus, Jena, Germany

Competing Interests

The co-author Martin Heil is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGT MH. Performed the experiments: MGT JCSB. Analyzed the data: MGT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WB. Wrote the paper: MGT MH.