Table 3.

Clustering coefficient of different Gene Ontology pathways in A. thaliana

GO pathways	Clustering coefficient*	Number of connected genes	Number of genes
Auxin metabolic process	0.643	7	31
Response to heat	0.455	44	93
Hydrogen transport	0.335	20	54
Gravitropism	0.250	8	24
Alcohol biosynthetic process	0.233	5	18
Response to salt stress	0.204	87	148
Systemic acquired resistance	0.201	12	21
Immune response	0.190	55	112
Cell morphogenesis	0.153	72	156
Response to other organism	0.105	92	147
Response to bacterium	0.099	34	87
Response to light stimulus	0.088	138	246

*The clustering coefficient for the random subnetworks is 0.005, as computed from 10 subsets of 100 genes each.