About the Authors

Ivan V. Surovtsev

Affiliation Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jeffrey J. Morgan

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Paul A. Lindahl

Lindahl@mail.chem.tamu.edu

Affiliation Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: PL. Developed model and performed the numerical analysis: IS. Analyzed the mathematics associated with the model: JM. Held discussions during model development: PL.