About the Authors

Eisuke Chikayama

Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Michitaka Suto

Affiliation Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Nishihara

Affiliation Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuo Shinozaki

Affiliation RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Takashi Hirayama

Affiliations RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Jun Kikuchi

kikuchi@psc.riken.jp

Affiliations RIKEN Plant Science Center, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Nagoya University, Nagoya-shi, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC TN KS TH JK. Performed the experiments: MS TN JK. Analyzed the data: EC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EC. Wrote the paper: EC JK.