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Table 2 The features of four graphlets

From: Identification of essential proteins based on edge features and the fusion of multiple-source biological information

Graphlets

Features

Importance of edge e

\(T_1\)-Graph

\(|N(u) \cap N(v)| = 0\), and there may only exist an edge between two vertices belonging to N(w), where \(w \in \{u, v\}\).

Weak

\(T_2\)-Graph

\(|N(u) \cap N(v)| \le 2\), and u, v, and there does not exist an edge between two vertices belonging to \(N(u) \cap N(v)\).

Weak

\(T_3\)-Graph

\(|N(u) \cap N(v)| = 1\), and there is an edge incident on w1 and w2, where \(w_1 \in N(u) \cap N(v)\), \(w_2 \in (N(u) \cup N(v) - (N(u) \cap N(v))\).

Medium

\(T_4\)-Graph

\(|N(u) \cap N(v)| \ge 2\), and \({u, v, w_1, w_2}\) induces a clique.

Strong