About the Authors

Yoav Y. Biton

yoav.y.biton@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sandip Kumar

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David Dunlap

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

David Swigon

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DD SK. Performed the experiments: SK DD. Analyzed the data: YYB DS SK DD. Wrote the paper: YYB DS. Developed the numerical algorithms: YYB. Performed numerical simulation: YYB. Analyzed numerical data: YYB DS.