About the Authors

Peyman Zarrineh

Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, Leuven, Belgium

Aminael Sánchez-Rodríguez

Affiliation Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Tecnica Particula de Loja, San Cayetano Alto S/N, Loja, Ecuador

Nazanin Hosseinkhan

Affiliation Laboratory of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics (LBB), Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Zahra Narimani

Affiliation Laboratory of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics (LBB), Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Kathleen Marchal

amasoudin@ibb.ut.ac.ir (AM-N); kamar@psb.vib-ugent.be (KM)

Affiliation Ghent University, Department of Information Technology, IMinds, Gent, Belgium

Ali Masoudi-Nejad

amasoudin@ibb.ut.ac.ir (AM-N); kamar@psb.vib-ugent.be (KM)

Affiliation Laboratory of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics (LBB), Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Competing Interests

SymBioSys provided funding towards this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: PZ KM AMN. Performed the experiments: PZ ASR NH ZN. Analyzed the data: PZ ASR NH ZN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM AMN. Wrote the paper: PZ NH.