About the Authors

Peter M. Kasson

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Erik Lindahl

Affiliation Center for Biomembrane Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Vijay S. Pande

pande@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMK EL VSP. Performed the experiments: PMK. Analyzed the data: PMK VSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMK EL. Wrote the paper: PMK EL VSP.