Regulatory Network of Escherichia coli: Consistency Between Literature Knowledge and Microarray Profiles

Table 1.

Comparison of Microarray Expression With Previous Reports in Literature


Condition



Number of genes compared

Fraction of genes consistent with literature
Heat As reported in literature 19 0.86
Shock Different from literature 3 0.14
Total 22
Stationary As reported in literature 51 0.69
Phase Different from literature 23 0.31
Total 74
Anaerobic growth As reported in literature 66 0.88
Different from literature 9 0.12
Total 75
Minimal As reported in literature 103 0.88
Medium Different from literature 14 0.12

Total
117

  • Literature search of genes induced or repressed in each condition were compared with expression-discretized values. Consistency ranges from 88% to 69% in the four conditions tested. The complete set of compared genes can be found in Table 1-4S of Supplemental material.

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