About the Authors

Matteo Semplice

Affiliation Department of Physics and Mathematics, Università dell'Insubria, Como, Italy

Andrea Veglio

Affiliation Genomes and Genetics Department, Unit Physics of Biological Systems, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Giovanni Naldi

giovanni.naldi@unimi.it

Affiliation Department of Mathematics “F. Enriques”, Università degli studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

Guido Serini

Affiliation Laboratory of Cell Adhesion Dynamics, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment and Department of Oncological Sciences, School of Medicine, Università degli studi di Torino, Candiolo, Italy

Andrea Gamba

Affiliations Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy, Laboratory of Systems Biology, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Candiolo, Italy, INFN, Torino, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS AV GN GS AG. Performed the experiments: MS AV GN GS AG. Analyzed the data: MS AV GN GS AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS AV GN GS AG. Wrote the paper: MS AV GN GS AG.