About the Authors

Lendert Gelens

lendert.gelens@vub.ac.be

Affiliation Applied Physics Research Group (APHY), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Lydia Hill

Affiliations Applied Physics Research Group (APHY), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, Molecular Recognition Unit, Department of Structural Biology, VIB, Brussels, Belgium

Alexandra Vandervelde

Affiliations Molecular Recognition Unit, Department of Structural Biology, VIB, Brussels, Belgium, Structural Biology Brussels, Department of Biotechnology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Jan Danckaert

Affiliation Applied Physics Research Group (APHY), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Remy Loris

Affiliations Molecular Recognition Unit, Department of Structural Biology, VIB, Brussels, Belgium, Structural Biology Brussels, Department of Biotechnology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: LG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LG. Wrote the paper: LG LH AV RL. Contributed to the development of the model: LG LH AV RL. Performed the numerical simulations and their analysis: LG. Contributed to the discussion of the results: LG LH AV JD RL..