About the Authors

Christina R. DeMaso

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ismar Kovacevic

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alper Uzun

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown Alpert Medical School, Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Erin J. Cram

e.cram@neu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Complex Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJC CRD IK. Performed the experiments: CRD IK. Analyzed the data: CRD IK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AU. Wrote the paper: CRD IK EJC.