About the Authors

Anton Zilman

¤ Current address: Theoretical Biology and Biophysics and Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Mathematical Physics, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Stefano Di Talia

Affiliation Laboratory of Mathematical Physics, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Brian T Chait

Affiliation Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael P Rout

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rout@mail.rockefeller.edu (MPR); magnasco@rockefeller.edu (MOM)

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Marcelo O Magnasco

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rout@mail.rockefeller.edu (MPR); magnasco@rockefeller.edu (MOM)

Affiliation Laboratory of Mathematical Physics, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

AZ, SDT, BTC, MPR, and MOM conceived and designed the experiments and formulated the model. AZ and SDT performed the calculations and simulations. AZ, BTC, MPR, and MOM wrote the paper.