About the Authors

Ajaykumar Gopal

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Defne E. Egecioglu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Aron M. Yoffe

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Avinoam Ben-Shaul

Affiliation Institute of Chemistry & The Fritz Haber Research Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel

Ayala L. N. Rao

Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America

Charles M. Knobler

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

William M. Gelbart

gelbart@chem.ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG DEE AMY ABS ALNR CMK WMG. Performed the experiments: AG DEE. Analyzed the data: AG AMY ABS ALNR CMK WMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG DEE AMY ABS ALNR CMK WMG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AG AMY ABS ALNR CMK WMG.