About the Authors

Yi-Feng Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Feng Chen, Zhiyong Gao, Robert J. Kerris III

Current address: Algal Biofuel Group, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Zhiyong Gao

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Feng Chen, Zhiyong Gao, Robert J. Kerris III

Current address: Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Robert J. Kerris III

Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Feng Chen, Zhiyong Gao, Robert J. Kerris III

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Wuyi Wang

Current address: Ceres, Thousand Oaks, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Brad M. Binder

Current address: Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

G. Eric Schaller

george.e.schaller@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YFC ZG RJKI WW BMB GES. Performed the experiments: YFC ZG RJKI WW BMB. Analyzed the data: YFC ZG RJKI WW BMB GES. Wrote the paper: ZG RJKI GES.