About the Authors

Konstantin Popov

Contributed equally to this work with: Konstantin Popov, James Komianos

Affiliations Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

James Komianos

Contributed equally to this work with: Konstantin Popov, James Komianos

Affiliations Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Biophysics Graduate Program, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Garegin A. Papoian

gpapoian@umd.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK GAP. Performed the experiments: JK. Analyzed the data: JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP JK GAP. Wrote the paper: KP JK GAP. Conceived the model: KP GAP. Designed and implemented the model in software: KP JK GAP.