About the Authors
- Jian Zhao
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Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Cunxi Wang
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Current address: Monsanto Company, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
- Mohamed Bedair
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Affiliation Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Ruth Welti
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Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
- Lloyd W. Sumner
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Affiliation Plant Biology Division, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States of America
- Ivan Baxter
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Affiliations USDA-ARS Plant Genetics Research Unit, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Xuemin Wang
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* E-mail: wangxue@umsl.edu
Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XW. Performed the experiments: JZ CW MB IB. Analyzed the data: JZ CW MB IB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RW LWS IB. Wrote the paper: JZ XW.