About the Authors

Yu Wu

Affiliations Centre for Computational Systems Biology and School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Centre for Scientific Computing and Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Wenlian Lu

Affiliations Centre for Computational Systems Biology and School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Key Laboratory of Mathematics for Nonlinear Science, Fudan University and Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai, China, Centre for Scientific Computing and Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Wei Lin

Affiliations Centre for Computational Systems Biology and School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Key Laboratory of Mathematics for Nonlinear Science, Fudan University and Ministry of Education of China, Shanghai, China

Gareth Leng

Affiliation Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jianfeng Feng

jffeng@fudan.edu.cn

Affiliations Centre for Computational Systems Biology and School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Centre for Scientific Computing and Department of Computer Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF. Performed the experiments: YW W. Lu. Analyzed the data: YW W. Lu W. Lin. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: W. Lu W. Lin. Wrote the paper: YW W. Lu GL JF W. Lin.