About the Authors

Feng-Ming An

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan

Shuan-Rung Hsiao

Affiliations Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Ming-Tsair Chan

mbmtchan@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Affiliations Institute of Biotechnology, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Biotechnology Center in Southern Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Tropical Plant Sciences, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M-TC. Performed the experiments: F-MA S-RH. Analyzed the data: F-MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M-TC. Wrote the paper: F-MA M-TC.