About the Authors

Lu-Lu Zheng

Affiliations Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai, China

Shen Niu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Pei Hao

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

KaiYan Feng

Affiliation Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai, China

Yu-Dong Cai

cai_yud@yahoo.com.cn (YDC); yxli@sibs.ac.cn (YL)

Affiliation Institute of Systems Biology, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Yixue Li

cai_yud@yahoo.com.cn (YDC); yxli@sibs.ac.cn (YL)

Affiliations Hubei Bioinformatics and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology, Shanghai, China, Key Laboratory of Systems Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LLZ SN YL YDC. Performed the experiments: LLZ SN. Analyzed the data: SN YDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LLZ SN YDC. Wrote the paper: LLZ SN KF PH. Gave suggestions for revision of the manuscript: PH YL YDC.