About the Authors

Matthew D. Smith

Affiliations Center for BioOptical Nanotechnology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Matthew A. Rosenow

Affiliations Center for BioOptical Nanotechnology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Meitian Wang

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

James P. Allen

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Jack W. Szostak

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

John C. Chaput

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: john.chaput@asu.edu

Affiliations Center for BioOptical Nanotechnology, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS JC JA. Performed the experiments: JC MS MR MW. Analyzed the data: JC MW JA. Wrote the paper: JS JC JA.