Correction to: BMC Bioinformatics (2019) 20 (Suppl 2): 101

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-019-2620-0

After publication of this supplement article [1], it has been brought to our attention that there is information concerning the author Chunlin Xiao missing from the author affiliations and the ‘Acknowledgements’ of the article.

This information is required to comply with NLM/NIH (National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health) policies regarding manuscript publication.

As such, with regard to the author affiliations and the ‘Acknowledgements’ respectively, please be advised that:

  1. 1.

    Dr. Chunlin Xiao’s affiliation should include “National Library of Medicine”, making the full affiliation “National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA.”

  1. 2.

    The ‘Acknowledgements’ section should include “Dr. Chunlin Xiao was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.”