About the Authors

Diego U. Ferreiro

Contributed equally to this work with: Diego U. Ferreiro, Aleksandra M. Walczak

Affiliations Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Aleksandra M. Walczak

Contributed equally to this work with: Diego U. Ferreiro, Aleksandra M. Walczak

Princeton Center for Theoretical Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliations Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Komives

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Peter G. Wolynes

pwolynes@ucsd.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DF AW EK PW. Performed the experiments: DF AW. Analyzed the data: DF AW EK PW. Wrote the paper: DF AW PW.