About the Authors

Qian Cong

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

Lisa N. Kinch

Affiliation Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Bong-Hyun Kim

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

Nick V. Grishin

grishin@chop.swmed.edu

Affiliations Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QC LNK NVG. Performed the experiments: QC LNK. Analyzed the data: QC LNK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BHK. Wrote the paper: QC.