About the Authors

Michael C. Prentiss

mcprentiss@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

David J. Wales

Affiliation University Chemical Laboratories, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Peter G. Wolynes

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, International Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCP DJW PGW. Performed the experiments: MCP DJW. Analyzed the data: MCP DJW PGW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCP DJW PGW. Wrote the paper: MCP DJW PGW.