About the Authors
- Katja Schneider
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Current address: Department Plant Biotechnology, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), Aachen, Germany
Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Christian Breuer
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Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Ayako Kawamura
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Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Yusuke Jikumaru
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Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Atsushi Hanada
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Current address: Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Shozo Fujioka
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Affiliation RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama, Japan
- Takanari Ichikawa
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Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Youichi Kondou
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Current address: Faculty of Engineering, Kanto Gakuin University, Kanazawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Minami Matsui
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Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Yuji Kamiya
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Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Shinjiro Yamaguchi
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Current address: Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Keiko Sugimoto
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* E-mail: sugimoto@psc.riken.jp
Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors declare that one of their co-authors Minami Matsui is an editorial board member of PLOS ONE. However, 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: K. Schneider CB K. Sugimoto. Performed the experiments: K. Schneider CB AK YJ AH SF. Analyzed the data: K. Schneider CB AK YJ AH SF Y. Kamiya SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TI Y. Kondou MM. Wrote the paper: K. Schneider CB K. Sugimoto.