About the Authors
- Mauricio S. Antunes
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mauricio S. Antunes, Kevin J. Morey
Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Kevin J. Morey
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mauricio S. Antunes, Kevin J. Morey
Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- J. Jeff Smith
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Current address: Precision BioSciences, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Kirk D. Albrecht
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Tessa A. Bowen
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Jeffrey K. Zdunek
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Jared F. Troupe
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Matthew J. Cuneo
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Current address: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Morrisville, North Carolina, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Colleen T. Webb
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Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
- Homme W. Hellinga
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- June I. Medford
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* E-mail: June.Medford@colostate.edu
Affiliation Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: several authors; June Medford, Homme Hellinga, Kevin Morey, Mauricio Antunes, J. Jeff Smith are inventors on a patent application that is described in this, and other, manuscripts. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has not yet made a decision on the authors' application entitled "Biological systems input-output response system and plant sentinels"; patent application number 20090130697. In addition, June Medford and Kevin Morey are seeking to develop a company, Phytodetectors, Inc., related this work. At this time Phytodetectors Inc. has no funds, no funding, no facilities and no financial support. There was no contribution of any kind from Phytodetectors, Precision Biosciences (or any company) to the work described here. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MSA KJM JIM JJS HWH. Performed the experiments: MSA KJM KDA TAB JKZ JFT MJC JJS. Analyzed the data: MSA KJM JJS CTW JIM KDA TAB JKZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CTW JJS HWH JIM. Wrote the paper: MSA KJM KDA TAB JKZ JIM JJS.