About the Authors

Darshan Shimoga Chandrashekar

Affiliations Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Biotech Park, Electronic City, Bengaluru (Bangalore), 560100, Karnataka state, India, Manipal University, Manipal, 576104, Karnataka state, India

Poulami Dey

Affiliations Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Biotech Park, Electronic City, Bengaluru (Bangalore), 560100, Karnataka state, India, Manipal University, Manipal, 576104, Karnataka state, India

Kshitish K. Acharya

kshitish@ibab.ac.in

Affiliations Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Biotech Park, Electronic City, Bengaluru (Bangalore), 560100, Karnataka state, India, Shodhaka Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd., IBAB, Biotech Park, Bengaluru (Bangalore), 560100, Karnataka state, India

Competing Interests

The corresponding author declares an affiliation to the private company, Shodhaka Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. This company supports basic research and his affiliation with this company in no way alters the pure academic nature of the work being reported. Further, he also hereby confirms that 'this affiliation does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials'.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KKA. Analyzed the data: DSC. Wrote the paper: DSC KKA. Created the web server and performed the case study for validation: DSC. Identified the statistical methods for analysis and contributed to discussions in that regard: PD.