About the Authors

Joao A. Ascensao

Contributed equally to this work with: Joao A. Ascensao, Pratik Datta, Baris Hancioglu, Eduardo Sontag

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Pratik Datta

Contributed equally to this work with: Joao A. Ascensao, Pratik Datta, Baris Hancioglu, Eduardo Sontag

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Baris Hancioglu

Contributed equally to this work with: Joao A. Ascensao, Pratik Datta, Baris Hancioglu, Eduardo Sontag

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Eduardo Sontag

Contributed equally to this work with: Joao A. Ascensao, Pratik Datta, Baris Hancioglu, Eduardo Sontag

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Center for Quantitative Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Maria L. Gennaro

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Oleg A. Igoshin

igoshin@rice.edu

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering and Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PD MLG OAI. Performed the experiments: PD. Analyzed the data: JAA PD BH OAI. Wrote the paper: JAA ES MLG OAI. Performed the simulations: JAA BH. Developed theory: ES OAI.