About the Authors

Jianzhao Gao

gaojz@nankai.edu.cn (JG); lkurgan@ece.ualberta.ca (LK)

Affiliation School of Mathematical Sciences and LPMC, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Eshel Faraggi

Affiliations School of Informatics, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Yaoqi Zhou

Affiliations School of Informatics, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Jishou Ruan

Affiliations School of Mathematical Sciences and LPMC, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin, People's Republic of China

Lukasz Kurgan

gaojz@nankai.edu.cn (JG); lkurgan@ece.ualberta.ca (LK)

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

Co-author Lukasz Kurgan is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: JG YZ LK. Performed the experiments: JG. Analyzed the data: JG EF YZ JR LK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG EF LK. Wrote the paper: JG EF YZ JR LK.