Correction to: BMC Bioinformatics (2021) 22:144 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859‑021‑04063‑1

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified that the affiliations of Giuseppe Cattaneo and Raffaele Giancarlo were interchanged. The correct affiliations are given below.

The correct affiliation of Giuseppe Cattaneo is:

2Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.

The correct affiliation of Raffaele Giancarlo is:

3Dipartimento di Matematica ed Informatica, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.

The original article [1] has been corrected.