About the Authors

Brijesh N. Kumar

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Robert W. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Gregory M. Pask

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Laurence J. Zwiebel

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Brain Institute and Human Genetics Research, Institutes of Chemical Biology and Global Health and Program in Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard D. Newcomb

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Plant and Food Research, Auckland, New Zealand

David L. Christie

d.christie@auckland.ac.nz

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Competing Interests

Richard D. Newcomb is employed by Plant and Food Research. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. Richard D. Newcomb is also a member of the PLOS ONE Editorial Board. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BNK RWT GMP LJZ RDN DLC. Performed the experiments: BNK RWT GMP. Analyzed the data: BNK RWT GMP DLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BNK RWT GMP LJZ RDN DLC. Wrote the paper: BNK RWT GMP LJZ RDN DLC.