About the Authors

Chrysa Pantzartzi

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Development & Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Elena Drosopoulou

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Development & Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Minas Yiangou

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Development & Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Ignat Drozdov

Affiliations Centre for Bioinformatics, School of Physical Sciences & Engineering, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Cardiovascular Division, School of Medicine, James Black Centre, Denmark Hill Campus, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Sophia Tsoka

Affiliation Centre for Bioinformatics, School of Physical Sciences & Engineering, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Christos A. Ouzounis

christos.ouzounis@kcl.ac.uk (CAO); scouras@bio.auth.gr (ZGS)

Affiliations Centre for Bioinformatics, School of Physical Sciences & Engineering, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, Computational Genomics Unit, Institute of Agrobiotechnology, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece

Zacharias G. Scouras

christos.ouzounis@kcl.ac.uk (CAO); scouras@bio.auth.gr (ZGS)

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Development & Molecular Biology, School of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP ID ST CAO ZGS. Performed the experiments: CP ID CAO. Analyzed the data: CP ED MY ID ST CAO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CP ED MY ST CAO ZGS. Wrote the paper: CP ED MY ID CAO ZGS. Coordinated study: CAO ZGS.