About the Authors

Huijing Du

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States of America

Yangyang Wang

Roles Formal analysis, Resources

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Daniel Haensel

Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Briana Lee

Roles Formal analysis, Resources

Affiliations Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Xing Dai

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Qing Nie

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

qnie@math.uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.