Table 2 Results of the simple and multiple linear regression analyses

Methylation frequency

[24, 25]

0.8

<2E-16

n.r.

0.8

<2E-16

n.r.

Frequency of genes target of H3k27me3

[30]

0.12

0.000207

n.r.

Gene size

TAIR Genome v6.0

0.02

>0.01

n.r.

Cis -acting elements

[48]

0.05

>0.01

n.r.

TATA-box frequency

(MotifSearch, [26])

(PlantProm, [26])

0.49

0.68

<2E-16

<2E-16

n.r.

n.r.

Methylation + TATA-box

[24]+ (MotifSearch, [26])

0.84

<2E-16^a

0.0002^b

-201.5^a

35^b

[24] + (PlantProm, [26])

0.86

<2E-16^a

1.00E-09^b

-168^a

50.5^b

[25] + (MotifSearch, [26])

0.87

2.00E-16^a

5.00E-09^b

-158.6^a

54.8^b

[25] + (PlantProm, [26])

0.84

<2E-16^a

0.0006^b

-194.3^a

39^b