Table 1.

Results From Multiple-Regression Analyses of Level of Gene Expression and Length With Gene Parameters When Including GC3 Content


Dependent variable

Database

Pearson correlation with level of expression (p < 0.0001)

Effect of expression when controlling for regional effects (p < 0.0001) a
Protein length b SAGE R = 0.182 β = −0.175
Chip Array R = 0.194 β = −0.200
Intron length b SAGE R = 0.181 β = −0.403
Chip Array R = 0.198 β = −0.369
Codon bias (MCB) b SAGE R = 0.122 β = 0.019
Chip Array R = 0.180 β = 0.032
AA complexity b SAGE R = 0.062 β = −0.006

Chip Array
R = 0.045
NS

a Regional effects are gene density (average intergenic distance of two adjacent genes), base composition (intergenic base composition of 5000 bp at either side of gene), and recombination rate (average of recombination rate of nearest markers weighted by distance).

b Variables log transformed for analysis.