About the Authors

Chad A. Brautigam

Affiliation Department of Biophysics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Shae B. Padrick

Affiliation Department of Biophysics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Peter Schuck

peter.schuck@nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular Imaging and Macromolecular Biophysics, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAB SBP PS. Performed the experiments: CAB SBP PS. Analyzed the data: CAB SBP PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAB PS. Wrote the paper: CAB PS. Designed the software used in the analysis: PS.