About the Authors

Joana P. Gonçalves

jpg@kdbio.inesc-id.pt (JPG); sara.madeira@ist.utl.pt (SCM)

Affiliations Knowledge Discovery and Bioinformatics Group, INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Alexandre P. Francisco

Affiliations Knowledge Discovery and Bioinformatics Group, INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Yves Moreau

Affiliation Electrical Engineering Department, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Sara C. Madeira

jpg@kdbio.inesc-id.pt (JPG); sara.madeira@ist.utl.pt (SCM)

Affiliations Knowledge Discovery and Bioinformatics Group, INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPG. Performed the experiments: JPG. Analyzed the data: JPG SCM APF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM. Wrote the paper: JPG. Supervised the work: SCM APF YM. Revised the manuscript: SCM APF.