About the Authors

Leonardo Nogara

leonardo.nogara@unipd.it

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, University of Padua, Padua Italy

Nariman Naber

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry/Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Edward Pate

Affiliation Voiland School of Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Marcella Canton

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, University of Padua, Padua Italy

Carlo Reggiani

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, University of Padua, Padua Italy

Roger Cooke

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry/Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

RC is a member of the scientific advisory board of MyoKardia. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC LN. Performed the experiments: LN RC NN. Analyzed the data: RC EP LN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MC CR. Wrote the paper: RC LN.