Vector analysis as a fast and easy method to compare gene expression responses between different experimental backgrounds

Table 1 Number of genes showing the various types of prototypic behavior in two genetic backgrounds of Arabidopsis plants as identified by vector analysis.

Mutant specific up	162	Background-specific changes
Mutant specific down	189
WT specific up	137
WT specific down	122
WT and Mutant up	133	Same-direction changes
WT and Mutant down	131
Mutant up, WT down	54	Opposite changes
Mutant down, WT up	72

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