About the Authors

Richard Moore

Contributed equally to this work with: Richard Moore, Hsu Kiang Ooi, Taek Kang

Affiliations Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America, Center for Systems Biology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Hsu Kiang Ooi

Contributed equally to this work with: Richard Moore, Hsu Kiang Ooi, Taek Kang

Affiliation Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Taek Kang

Contributed equally to this work with: Richard Moore, Hsu Kiang Ooi, Taek Kang

Affiliations Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America, Center for Systems Biology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Leonidas Bleris

bleris@utdallas.edu (LB); lan.ma@utdallas.edu (LM)

Affiliations Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America, Center for Systems Biology, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Lan Ma

bleris@utdallas.edu (LB); lan.ma@utdallas.edu (LM)

Affiliation Bioengineering Department, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB RM. Performed the experiments: RM HKO. Analyzed the data: HKO TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM LB. Wrote the paper: LM LB TK HKO RM. Developed the model: LM HKO. Performed the model simulation and analysis: LM HKO TK.