About the Authors

Le-Le Hu

Affiliations Institute of Systems Biology, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Tao Huang

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai, China

Yu-Dong Cai

cai_yud@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliations Institute of Systems Biology, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, Centre for Computational Systems Biology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Gordon Life Science Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Kuo-Chen Chou

Affiliation Gordon Life Science Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: L-LH TH Y-DC. Performed the experiments: L-LH. Analyzed the data: L-LH Y-DC K-CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: L-LH TH. Wrote the paper: L-LH TH Y-DC K-CC.