About the Authors

Tony Y.-C. Tsai

yuchen.tony.tsai@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Julie A. Theriot

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

James E. Ferrell Jr

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: TY-CT JAT JEF. Performed the experiments: TY-CT. Analyzed the data: TY-CT JAT JEF. Wrote the paper: TY-CT JAT JEF. Calculations: TY-CT JEF.