About the Authors

Nan Deng

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Cecilia G. Sanchez

Affiliation Tulane Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Joseph A. Lasky

dzhu@wayne.edu (DZ); jlasky@tulane.edu (JAL)

Affiliation Tulane Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Dongxiao Zhu

dzhu@wayne.edu (DZ); jlasky@tulane.edu (JAL)

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Zhu is currently an Academic Editor of PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DZ JL. Performed the experiments: CS. Analyzed the data: ND. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ND CS JL DZ. Wrote the paper: ND CS JL DZ.