About the Authors

Mikhail Kolmogorov

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Eamonn Kennedy

Affiliation Electrical Engineering and Biological Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Zhuxin Dong

Affiliation Electrical Engineering and Biological Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Gregory Timp

Affiliation Electrical Engineering and Biological Science, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Pavel A. Pevzner

ppevzner@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

PAP is a co-founder, has an equity interest and receives income from Digital Proteomics, LLC. The terms of this arrangement have been reviewed and approved by the University of California, San Diego in accordance with its conflict of interest policies. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MK PAP. Data curation: MK EK ZD. Formal analysis: MK EK ZD GT PAP. Funding acquisition: PAP. Investigation: MK EK GT PAP. Methodology: MK PAP. Project administration: PAP. Resources: EK ZD GT. Software: MK. Supervision: GT PAP. Validation: MK EK GT PAP. Visualization: MK EK. Writing – original draft: MK PAP. Writing – review & editing: MK EK GT PAP.