Research Article

Identification of Transcriptional Modules and Key Genes in Chickens Infected with Salmonella enterica Serovar Pullorum Using Integrated Coexpression Analyses

Table 1

Module preservation and functions.

ModuleSize summaryFunction

Lightyellow1265.42Nucleus

Lightgreen1450.67Jak-STAT signaling pathway

Grey601457.49Extracellular matrix
Cytoskeleton

Lightcyan1550.52Anchored to membrane

Midnightblue1595.78Cytoplasm ;
Organelle membrane
Endomembrane system

Cyan1818.71Cell adhesion molecules
Cell adhesion

Salmon2482.14Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction

Tan2874.86Lysosome

Greenyellow2936.58Ligase activity

Purple29810.93Proteasome complex
Regulation of cytokine biosynthetic process
Toll-like receptor signaling pathway

Magenta3571.82G-Protein coupled receptor activity

Pink41813.36Cellular macromolecular complex assembly

Black5991.97Postsynaptic membrane
Synapse

Red64814.89Signal transducer activity
Multicellular organism development

Green105627.63Cell cycle phase
DNA replication
Response to DNA damage stimulus
DNA repair
Cytoskeleton organization

Yellow112232.83Glucose catabolic process
Glycolysis/gluconeogenesis
Glycolysis
Glucose metabolic process

Brown134918.99ABC transporters

Blue258143.01Immune system process
Induction of apoptosis
Antigen processing and presentation
Lysosome
Defense response to bacterium

Turquoise299851.56Nervous system development
Focal adhesion
Wnt signaling pathway
Regulation of actin cytoskeleton
TGF-beta signaling pathway

Note. The column “Size” gives the gene numbers contained in every module. “ summary” gives the score of module preservation. “Function” gives the module functions enriched by DAVID.