About the Authors

Nestoras Karathanasis

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece

Ioannis Tsamardinos

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, Institute of Computer Science (ICS), Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece

Panayiota Poirazi

poirazi@imbb.forth.gr

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PP IT. Performed the experiments: NK. Analyzed the data: NK. Wrote the paper: NK PP IT.