We have located a typesetting error in our recent publication in BMC Bioinformatics 2005,6:224 [1]. Although the error is quite minor (l' = l has been miswrit-ten as l' ∈ L), it occurs in the central Definition 3 in the paper, and is also pasted into subsequent example code (both error sites on p.7, right column). This error unfortunately looks mathematically plausible, although it is in contra...

The name of the author Anna Maria Ierardi was rendered wrongly in the original publication but has since been corrected. The publisher apologises for this error and the inconvenience caused.

Following publication of the original article [1] the authors reported that the first affiliation ("Medical Center of the Graduate School, Nanchang University, China") had been added in error, and that the correct author information is as given in this erratum.

In the publication of this article [1], there is an error in the Methods section at paragraph Cell culture and reagents and the Additional file2: Fig. S1 was erroneous linked.

CORRECTION After publication of this work [1] it was noticed that the author name Rachael L. DiSantostefano was not spelt correctly as there was a space in her surname between 'Di' and 'Santostefano'. The publisher apologises for this error.

Due to an error in the manuscript submitted for publication, Marta Allena was listed as affiliated to the University of Rome la Sapienza. In fact, her sole affiliation is:

In the original publication, there is a typographical error in the title: the correct title is given here. In addition, the surname of the fourth author is incorrectly captured. The correct surname is Meyer-König.

Figure 1 of this original publication contained a minor error as one of the lines in the "Reconstruction pipline" was not visible. The updated Fig. 1 is published in this correction article.