About the Authors

Anurag Sethi

Affiliations Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Jianhui Tian

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Cynthia A. Derdeyn

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Bette Korber

Affiliations Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America, Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

S. Gnanakaran

gnana@lanl.gov

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS SG. Performed the experiments: AS. Analyzed the data: AS JT CAD BK SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS. Wrote the paper: AS JT CAD BK SG.