About the Authors

Javad Golji

Affiliation Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Robert Collins

Affiliation Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Mohammad R. K. Mofrad

mofrad@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRKM. Performed the experiments: JG RC. Analyzed the data: JG RC MRKM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC. Wrote the paper: JG MRKM.