About the Authors

Douglas Tsao

Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Neurosensory Disorders, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Luda Diatchenko

Affiliation Center for Neurosensory Disorders, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Nikolay V. Dokholyan

dokh@med.unc.edu

Affiliations Center for Neurosensory Disorders, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, 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: DT LD NVD. Performed the experiments: DT. Analyzed the data: DT LD NVD. Wrote the paper: DT LD NVD.