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Table 1 Correlation and partial correlation analysis of four putative determinants of protein distance.

From: Protein complex forming ability is favored over the features of interacting partners in determining the evolutionary rates of proteins in the yeast protein-protein interaction networks

 

Variable

Correlation (Spearman's ρ)

Partial correlation (controlling expression level)

Partial correlation (controlling degree)

Partial correlation (controlling complex number)

 

Expression level

- 0.582 (1.00 × 10-6)

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- 0.271 (4.05 × 10-32)

- 0.245 (2.39 × 10-26)

CORE

Degree

- 0.166 (1.00 × 10-6)

- 0.148 (1.86 × 10-10)

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- 0.146 (3.73 × 10-10)

 

Complex number

- 0.276 (1.00 × 10-6)

- 0.102 (1.28 × 10-5)

- 0.154 (3.21 × 10-11)

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Expression level

- 0.548 (1.00 × 10-6)

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- 0.275 (4.05 × 10-59)

- 0.250 (2.39 × 10-48)

FULL

Degree

- 0.199 (1.00 × 10-6)

- 0.143 (1.86 × 10-16)

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- 0.133 (3.73 × 10-14)

 

Complex number

- 0.218 (1.00 × 10-6)

- 0.091 (1.28 × 10-7)

- 0.140 (3.21 × 10-16)

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  1. Values in the parenthesis indicate significance level.