About the Authors

Benfeard Williams II

Affiliation Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Marino Convertino

Affiliation Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jhuma Das

Affiliation Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Nikolay V. Dokholyan

dokh@unc.edu

Affiliation Biochemistry and Biophysics Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW MC NVD. Performed the experiments: BW. Analyzed the data: BW MC JD NVD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW NVD. Wrote the paper: BW MC JD NVD.