About the Authors

Silke Neumann

Contributed equally to this work with: Silke Neumann, Nikita Vladimirov, Anna K. Krembel

Affiliation Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Nikita Vladimirov

Contributed equally to this work with: Silke Neumann, Nikita Vladimirov, Anna K. Krembel

Current address: Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Janelia Farm, Ashburn, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Anna K. Krembel

Contributed equally to this work with: Silke Neumann, Nikita Vladimirov, Anna K. Krembel

Affiliation Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Ned S. Wingreen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Victor Sourjik

v.sourjik@zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SN VS. Performed the experiments: SN AKK. Analyzed the data: SN NV NSW VS. Wrote the paper: SN NSW VS. Did computer simulation: NV.