About the Authors

Katayoun Omidi

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Mohsen Hooshyar

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Matthew Jessulat

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Research and Innovation Centre, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Bahram Samanfar

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Megan Sanders

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Daniel Burnside

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Sylvain Pitre

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Andrew Schoenrock

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jianhua Xu

Affiliation College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejian University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Mohan Babu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Research and Innovation Centre, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Ashkan Golshani

ashkan_golshani@carleton.ca

Affiliations Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KO MH MJ BS MS DB SP AS JX MB AG. Performed the experiments: KO MH MJ BS MS DB SP AS. Analyzed the data: KO MH MJ BS MS DB SP AS JX MB AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG. Wrote the paper: KO MH SP JX MB AG.