About the Authors

Travis I. Moore

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Ching-Shan Chou

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

Qing Nie

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

Noo Li Jeon

Affiliations Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Tau-Mu Yi

tmy@uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TIM CSC QN TMY. Performed the experiments: TIM CSC. Analyzed the data: TIM CSC QN TMY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NLJ. Wrote the paper: TMY.