About the Authors

Andrew J. Fritz

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Branislav Stojkovic

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Hu Ding

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Jinhui Xu

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Sambit Bhattacharya

Affiliation Department of Computer Sciences, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States of America

Ronald Berezney

berezney@buffalo.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJF HD BS JX SB RB. Performed the experiments: AJF HD BS. Analyzed the data: AJF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJF HD BS JX SB RB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AJF BS JX RB.