About the Authors

Anton Zilman

zilmana@lanl.gov

Affiliations Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Vitaly V. Ganusov

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Alan S. Perelson

Affiliation Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AZ VVG ASP. Performed the experiments: AZ VVG ASP. Analyzed the data: AZ VVG ASP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AZ VVG ASP. Wrote the paper: AZ VVG ASP.