About the Authors

Marcelo Behar

Affiliations Department of Physics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Program in Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Nan Hao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Henrik G. Dohlman

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Timothy C. Elston

telston@med.unc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB NH HGD TCE. Performed the experiments: NH. Analyzed the data: MB NH. Wrote the paper: MB HGD TCE.