About the Authors

Francesco Vezzi

Affiliations Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Udine, Udine, Italy, Institute of Applied Genomics IGA, Udine, Italy

Giuseppe Narzisi

Affiliation Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Bud Mishra

mishra@nyu.edu

Affiliations Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America, NYU School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Part of the support came from a commercial source (Abraxis, LLC), but, 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: FV GN BM. Performed the experiments: FV. Analyzed the data: FV GN BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FV GN. Wrote the paper: FV GN BM.