About the Authors

Hamed Heydari

Contributed equally to this work with: Hamed Heydari, Cheuk Chuen Siow

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, HIR Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cheuk Chuen Siow

Contributed equally to this work with: Hamed Heydari, Cheuk Chuen Siow

Affiliation Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, HIR Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mui Fern Tan

Affiliation Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, HIR Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Nick S. Jakubovics

Affiliation Centre for Oral Health Research, School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Wei Yee Wee

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, HIR Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Naresh V. R. Mutha

Affiliation Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, HIR Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Guat Jah Wong

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, HIR Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Mia Yang Ang

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, HIR Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Amir Hessam Yazdi

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, HIR Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Computer System & Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Siew Woh Choo

lchoo@um.edu.my

Affiliations Genome Informatics Research Laboratory, HIR Building, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Department of Oral Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH AHY NVRM CCS SWC. Performed the experiments: MFT WYW NVRM MYA. Analyzed the data: CCS MFT GJW SWC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NSJ. Wrote the paper: SWC NSJ MFT CCS GJW HH.