About the Authors

Katerina Gkirtzou

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

Ioannis Tsamardinos

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

Panagiotis Tsakalides

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

Panayiota Poirazi

poirazi@imbb.forth.gr

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Foundation for 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. Performed the experiments: KG. Analyzed the data: KG. Wrote the paper: KG PP. Advised on the experiment design and execution: IT PT.