About the Authors

Xu Shi

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Arlington, Virginia, United Sates of America

Xiao Wang

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Arlington, Virginia, United Sates of America

Lu Jin

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, United Sates of America

Leena Halakivi-Clarke

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, United Sates of America

Robert Clarke

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, United Sates of America

Andrew F. Neuwald

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences and Department Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United Sates of America

Jianhua Xuan

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

xuan@vt.edu

Affiliation Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Arlington, Virginia, United Sates of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.