About the Authors

Lucia Marucci

Affiliations Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy, Department of Computer and Systems Engineering, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

David A. W. Barton

Affiliation Bristol Centre for Applied Nonlinear Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Irene Cantone

Affiliation MRC Clinical Sciences Centre Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Maria Aurelia Ricci

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy

Maria Pia Cosma

Affiliation Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy

Stefania Santini

Affiliation Department of Computer and Systems Engineering, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Diego di Bernardo

Contributed equally to this work with: Diego di Bernardo, Mario di Bernardo

dibernardo@tigem.it (DDB); mario.dibernardo@unina.it (MDB)

Affiliations Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy, Department of Computer and Systems Engineering, Federico II University, Naples, Italy

Mario di Bernardo

Contributed equally to this work with: Diego di Bernardo, Mario di Bernardo

dibernardo@tigem.it (DDB); mario.dibernardo@unina.it (MDB)

Affiliations Department of Computer and Systems Engineering, Federico II University, Naples, Italy, Bristol Centre for Applied Nonlinear Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPC. Performed the experiments: IC MAR MPC. Analyzed the data: lm DAWB IC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LM DAWB. Wrote the paper: LM SS DDB MdB. Critically revised the manuscript: LM DAWB SS DDB MdB.