About the Authors

Mi-Jin Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Mi-Jin Kim, Jae Kwang Kim

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Jae Kwang Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Mi-Jin Kim, Jae Kwang Kim

Affiliation National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Hye Jeong Kim

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Jung Hun Pak

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Jai-Heon Lee

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Doh-Hoon Kim

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Hong Kyu Choi

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Ho Won Jung

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Jeong-Dong Lee

Affiliation School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea

Young-Soo Chung

chungys@dau.ac.kr (YSC); sunhwa@korea.kr (SHH)

Affiliation Department of Genetic Engineering, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea

Sun-Hwa Ha

chungys@dau.ac.kr (YSC); sunhwa@korea.kr (SHH)

Affiliation National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YSC SHH. Performed the experiments: MJK JKK HJK JHP JDL. Analyzed the data: HKC DHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHL HWJ. Wrote the paper: SHH YSC.