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Table 1 Gene expression variability of different functional gene categories

From: Deep sequencing reveals cell-type-specific patterns of single-cell transcriptome variation

Gene category 1

Gene category 2

Difference in adjusted mean expression variability (log10 F-statistic)

  

Category 1 – category 2

95 % CI

p value

Ion channel

Metabolism

0.32

0.22–0.41

<10−5

Ion channel

Ribosome

0.33

0.23–0.42

<10−5

Ion channel

Transcription factor

0.16

0.07–0.25

4.84 × 10−5

Transcription factor

Metabolism

0.16

0.11–0.20

<10−5

Transcription factor

Ribosome

0.17

0.12–0.22

<10−5

Ribosome

Metabolism

−0.01

−0.06–0.04

0.92

  1. Comparison of gene expression variability across functional gene categories controlling for gene expression level. Adjusted mean values were calculated using a two-factor ANCOVA of log10 F-statistic, with functional gene category and cell type as independent factors and conditioning on gene expression level (log10 average normalized read depth). Adjusted means are reported at the average gene expression level. Reported p values are for a two-sided Tukey’s test and are calculated based on a joint t-distribution to control the family-wise error rate