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. 2012 Feb 23;8(2):e1002391. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002391

Figure 5. Links connecting operons in the Inline graphic community that enriches for genes involved in ribosome structure.

Figure 5

CLR links are in light blue, RegulonDB links are in black. Small symbols are genes that are not in the community, but are regulators of genes that are in the community and are therefore candidates for mediating indirect interactions between community genes. Symbol shape and color indicate attributes as follows: red, transcription factors; dark blue, ppGpp regulated promoter by direct assay [54]; light blue, ppGpp regulated translation related promoter by microarray [55]; pink, other; hexagon, Inline graphic promoter; diamond, Inline graphic promoter; square, Inline graphic promoter; circle, unknown sigma factor. Note that very few interactions observed in the CLR network can be explained by the direct interactions annotated in RegulonDB. The high proportion of ppGpp sensitive promoters among operons contained in the community suggests this molecule as a good candidate for regulating the remaining interactions. The network layout was determined by the circular layout option in Cytoscape 2.8.1, no particular significance should be attached to operons being outside the main circle.