About the Authors

Jonathan G. L. Mullins

j.g.l.mullins@swan.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Josie E. Parker

Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Hans J. Cools

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Roberto C. Togawa

Affiliation Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Laboratόrio Bioinformática, Parque Estação Biológica –Final WS norte, Brasilia, Brazil

John A. Lucas

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Bart A. Fraaije

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

Diane E. Kelly

Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Steven L. Kelly

Affiliation School of Medicine, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM DK SK. Performed the experiments: JM JP HC BF JL. Analyzed the data: JM JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RT. Wrote the paper: JM JP HC BF JL DK SK.