About the Authors

Jingshan Huang

huang@southalabama.edu

Affiliation School of Computing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Jiangbo Dang

Affiliation Corporate Technology, Siemens Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Glen M. Borchert

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Karen Eilbeck

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

He Zhang

Affiliation School of Computing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Min Xiong

Affiliation School of Computing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Weijian Jiang

Affiliation School of Computing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Hao Wu

Affiliation School of Computing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Judith A. Blake

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Darren A. Natale

Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America

Ming Tan

Affiliation Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

One of the authors is employed by Siemens Corporation. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH JD GMB KE JAB DAN MT. Performed the experiments: JH HZ MX WJ HW. Analyzed the data: JH JD GMB KE JAB DAN MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH JD GMB MT. Wrote the paper: JH JD GMB KE DAN MT.