About the Authors

Johannes Eichner

johannes.eichner@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics Tuebingen (ZBIT), University of Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany

Clemens Wrzodek

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics Tuebingen (ZBIT), University of Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany

Michael Römer

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics Tuebingen (ZBIT), University of Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany

Heidrun Ellinger-Ziegelbauer

Affiliation Global Early Development, Bayer Pharma AG, Wuppertal, Germany

Andreas Zell

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics Tuebingen (ZBIT), University of Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: Co-author Heidrun Ellinger-Ziegelbauer is employed by Bayer Pharma AG. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: JE MR CW AZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR CW HE. Wrote the paper: JE CW HE.