About the Authors

Joti Giordano

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yongchao Ge

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America , Center for Translational Systems Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yevgeniy Gelfand

Affiliation Laboratory for Biocomputing and Informatics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

György Abrusán

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Gary Benson

Affiliation Departments of Computer Science and Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peter E Warburton

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: peter.warburton@mssm.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Y. Ge, G. Benson, and P. E. Warburton conceived and designed the experiments. J. Giordano, Y. Gelfand, and P. E. Warburton performed the experiments. J. Giordano, Y. Ge, Y. Gelfand, G. Abrusán, G. Benson, and P. E. Warburton analyzed the data and contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. G. Benson and P. E. Warburton wrote the paper.