About the Authors

Mareike E. Dirks-Hofmeister

mareike.dirks-hofmeister@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Ratna Singh

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Christine M. Leufken

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Jennifer K. Inlow

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Physics, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Bruno M. Moerschbacher

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MED RS. Performed the experiments: MED RS CML. Analyzed the data: MED RS JKI CML BMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MED RS CML JKI. Wrote the paper: MED RS JKI BMM.