About the Authors

Guillaume Salbreux

Affiliations Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany

Linda K. Barthel

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Pamela A. Raymond

praymond@umich.edu (PAR); dkluben@umich.edu (DKL)

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

David K. Lubensky

praymond@umich.edu (PAR); dkluben@umich.edu (DKL)

Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS LKB PAR DKL. Performed the experiments: LKB. Analyzed the data: GS LKB PAR DKL. Wrote the paper: GS PAR DKL. Conceived and developed the mathematical model: GS PAR DKL. Performed and analyzed computer simulations: GS.