Erratum to: Algorithms Mol Biol (2015) 10:23 DOI 10.1186/s13015-015-0054-4

In the original publication of this article [1], the sequence of authors in the author list was published incorrectly. The correct author list is included above and is as follows:

Pegah Khosrav, Vahid H Gazestani, Leila Pirhaji, Brian Law, Mehdi Sadeghi, Gary D Bader and Bahram Goliaei.

In addition, Pegah Khosravi and Gary D Bader were both listed as joint corresponding authors of the article, however this was incorrect. Pegah Khosravi is the sole corresponding author for the article.

Please note the affiliations for Brian Law and Gary D Bader were amended as above.