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. 2006 Sep 19;4(10):e317. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040317

Figure 6. Modularity Paradigms.

Figure 6

Two representations of protein interaction network topology are shown.

(A) Conventional view of functional modularity in which hub-centric modules are sparsely interconnected, i.e., a modular physical topology underlies functional modules [16,17].

(B) An integrated view in which functional modules are heavily interconnected, as supported by the large-scale organization of dense HC networks.