About the Authors

Aubrey E. Hill

Affiliation Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Zackery E. Plyler

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Hemant Tiwari

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Amit Patki

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Joel P. Tully

Affiliations Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Christopher W. McAtee

Affiliation Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Leah A. Moseley

Affiliation Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Eric J. Sorscher

sorscher@uab.edu

Affiliations Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH ZP ES. Performed the experiments: AH ZP JT CM LM. Analyzed the data: AH ZP HT AP CM ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH HT LM ES. Wrote the paper: AH ZP ES. Designed the software used in analysis: AH JT LM.