Table 2

Variable selection method

variable

description

n

number of proteins included in module

n.ex

number of proteins in module included in the Human Gene Expression Atlas dataset

ex.mean

average expression scores in human tissues, measured for the Gene Atlas

cor.mean

module pairwise Spearman correlation of tissue expression

mf.mean

mean "co-annotation" for GO molecular function

bp.mean

mean "co-annotation" for GO biological process

cc.mean

mean "co-annotation" for GO cellular component

With regard to the Human Gene Expression Atlas dataset, the available link is at http://biogps.gnf.org webcite

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