About the Authors

Munia Amin

Affiliations Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, Systems Biology Program, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Varun B. Kothamachu

Affiliation Systems Biology Program, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Elisenda Feliu

Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Birgit E. Scharf

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

Steven L. Porter

S.Porter@exeter.ac.uk (SLP); O.Soyer@warwick.ac.uk (OSS)

Affiliation Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Orkun S. Soyer

S.Porter@exeter.ac.uk (SLP); O.Soyer@warwick.ac.uk (OSS)

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA SLP OSS. Performed the experiments: MA VKB EF. Analyzed the data: MA SLP OSS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MA VBK EF BES SLP OSS. Wrote the paper: MA EF BES SLP OSS.