The Human Plasma Membrane Peripherome: Visualization and Analysis of Interactions

Figure 3

The effect of the gradual removal of selected (attacks) and random (failure) nodes to the characteristic path length (CPL) of the network. The removal (attack) of peripheral proteins of the human plasma membrane and proteins located in lipid rafts based on their node degree causes a more rapid increase of the characteristic path length of the network compared to the removal of random nodes (failure).