About the Authors

Lei Chen

Affiliation College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China

Wei-Ming Zeng

Affiliation College of Information Engineering, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China

Yu-Dong Cai

cai_yud@yahoo.com.cn (YDC); kcchou@gordonlifescience.org (KCC)

Affiliations Institute of Systems Biology, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, Gordon Life Science Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Kai-Yan Feng

Affiliations Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai, China, Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Kuo-Chen Chou

cai_yud@yahoo.com.cn (YDC); kcchou@gordonlifescience.org (KCC)

Affiliation Gordon Life Science Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC WMZ YDC KCC. Performed the experiments: LC WMZ. Analyzed the data: LC WMZ KYF KCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC YDC. Wrote the paper: LC KYF KCC.