Building protein-protein interaction networks for Leishmania species through protein structural information

BMC Bioinformatics

Table 5 Evaluation of the topological characteristics of protein interaction networks predicted through structural information

L. braziliensis
Scale free model	Correlation	R ²
	0.671	0.795
Comparison with random networks
Measure	Predicted network	Random network	P-value
Clustering Coefficient	0.212	0.161 ± 0.005	p < 0.05
Mean Shortest Path	2.680	2.510 ± 0.007	p < 0.05
L. infantum
Scale free model	Correlation	R ²
	0.751	0.811
Comparison with random networks
Measure	Predicted network	Random network	P-value
Clustering Coefficient	0.233	0.169 ± 0.004	p < 0.05
Mean Shortest Path	3.000	2.488 ± 0.006	p < 0.05

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