About the Authors

Takashi Nishikawa

Affiliations Division of Mathematics and Computer Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States of America, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Natali Gulbahce

Affiliations Department of Physics and Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Adilson E. Motter

motter@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Physics and Astronomy and Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEM. Performed the experiments: NG. Analyzed the data: TN NG AEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN NG. Wrote the paper: TN AEM.