About the Authors
- Giang T. H. Vu
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Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
- Paul H. Dear
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Peter D. S. Caligari
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Affiliations Sumatra Bioscience, Singapore, Singapore, BioHybrids International, Woodley, United Kingdom
- Mike J. Wilkinson
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* E-mail: jjw@aber.ac.uk
Affiliation Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
One of the authors (PDSC) is affiliated with one of the sponsors of this work (Biohybrids). The work described in this manuscript represents a proof of concept in Arabidopsis, but the sponsoring organizations are interested only in its ultimate application in a crop plant (oil palm). There are no plans to patent the methodology or to protect any of the information contained in the paper or to market any of the plant products described therein. We confirm our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All authors agree to make freely available any materials and information associated with this publication that are reasonably requested by others for the purpose of academic, noncommercial research. All associated data is deposited as supporting information provided with the manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GTHV MJW. Performed the experiments: GTHV. Analyzed the data: GTHV PHD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PHD PDSC. Wrote the paper: GTHV PHD PDSC MJW.