About the Authors

Xiao Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Zhu, Henry C. M. Leung

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics, School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Henry C. M. Leung

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Zhu, Henry C. M. Leung

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Francis Y. L. Chin

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Siu Ming Yiu

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Guangri Quan

Affiliation National Pilot School of Software, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, Shandong, China

Bo Liu

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics, School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Yadong Wang

ydwang@hit.edu.cn

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics, School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW. Performed the experiments: XZ HCML. Analyzed the data: XZ HCML FYLC SMY BL. Wrote the paper: XZ HCML SMY. Guided the development in early studies: GQ.