About the Authors

Lee J. Byrne

Affiliation Protein Science Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Diana J. Cole

Affiliation Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Brian S. Cox

Affiliation Protein Science Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Martin S. Ridout

Affiliation Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Byron J. T. Morgan

Affiliation Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Mick F. Tuite

M.F.Tuite@kent.ac.uk

Affiliation Protein Science Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJB DJC BSC MR BM MFT. Performed the experiments: LJB DJC BSC MFT. Analyzed the data: LJB DJC BSC MR BM MFT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJC. Wrote the paper: LJB BSC MR BM MFT.