Table 1 Comparisons of different methods used to identify IS5 neighbouring genes from microarray experiments. Results obtained when different test statistics (rank product – RP, median rank – MR, Mean, SAM and t-statistics) and normalization methods (global and scale normalization) were applied to experimental data from the control, isolate 'A' and isolate 'B'. These results were also compared to existing genome sequence data. Top 50 to 100 genes were predicted as IS5 neighbours from microarray experiments. The neighbours from sequence data were defined as 5 genes upstream and 5 genes downstream of the IS5 elements and IS5 itself, so there were 121 neighbours based on sequence data. The numbers in this table represent number of genes that overlap between the microarray experiment and the sequence data. The higher the number is, the better consistency between the microarray experiment and the sequence data.

From: Genome-wide localization of mobile elements: experimental, statistical and biological considerations