About the Authors

Ritsuko Onuki

Affiliation Bioinformatics Team, Advanced Analysis Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Rui Yamaguchi

Affiliation Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuo Shibuya

Affiliation Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Minoru Kanehisa

Affiliation Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

Susumu Goto

goto@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RO RY TS SG MK. Formal analysis: RO RY TS. Funding acquisition: SG. Investigation: RO RY TS SG. Methodology: RO RY TS SG. Project administration: SG. Resources: RO RY TS SG MK. Supervision: SG MK. Visualization: RO SG. Writing – original draft: RO TS SG. Writing – review & editing: RY TS SG.