About the Authors

Amy L. Bauer

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

William S. Hlavacek

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Pat J. Unkefer

Affiliation National Stable Isotope Resource, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Fangping Mu

fmu@lanl.gov

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WSH PJU FM. Performed the experiments: ALB FM. Analyzed the data: ALB FM. Wrote the paper: ALB WSH FM.