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Table 1 Abbreviations and descriptions of selected features

From: A new computational strategy for predicting essential genes

Abbreviation

Description

GO

Gene ontology

mE

mRNA expression level

mEF

mRNA express fluctuation

Age

Gene origin age

DoT

Gene domain type

DoC

Gene domain conservation

DC

Network topology feature, degree centrality

CCo

Network topology feature, clustering coefficient

CC

Network topology feature, closeness centrality

BC

Network topology feature, betweenness centrality

PL

Protein length

CAI

Codon adaptation index

NP

Number of paralogs for a target gene

NS

Number of species which have at least a homology for a target gene

NEH

Number of essential homolog genes in other species for a target gene

NNH

Number of non-essential homolog genes in other species for a target gene