Table 3.
Assigning Neighbor Divergence Scores to Experimentally Obtained Gene Expression Clusters
| Functional label assigned to expression clustera | Number of genes | Neighbor divergence score | Score percentileb |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATP synthesis | 14 | 0.1358 | 99.9% |
| Chromatin structure | 8 | 0.1456 | 100.0% |
| DNA replication | 5 | 0.1867 | 100.0% |
| Glycolysis | 17 | 0.2118 | 100.0% |
| Mitochondrial ribosome | 22 | 0.0269 | 53.3% |
| mRNA splicing | 14 | 0.0248 | 48.3% |
| Proteasome | 27 | 0.3007 | 100.0% |
| Ribosome and translation | 125 | 0.2224 | 100.0% |
| Spindle pole body assembly and function | 11 | 0.0272 | 53.8% |
| Tricarboxylic acid cycle and respiration | 16 | 0.1249 | 99.8% |
Eisen et al. (1998) clustered genes from diverse experimental conditions. They labeled 10 of the clusters in Fig. 2 of their paper as containing genes that represent some consistent biological function. Each row represents a gene cluster.
Relative to 1900 random gene groups.