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Table 1 Protein interaction network characteristics of E. coli Core, Non-core and HGT genes

From: The impact of horizontal gene transfer in shaping operons and protein interaction networks – direct evidence of preferential attachment

Characteristic

Core

Non-core

HGT

Total nodes (1276)

852 (66.8%)

178 (14.0%)

232 (18.2%)

Ave. Node degree

10.9

4.1

3.4

Ave. clustering coefficient

0.100

0.072

0.039

Ave. betweenness centrality

2.59e-3

6.3e-4

5.5e-4