Table 3

Comparison of gene ontology mappings among nematode species



% Representation



Gene Ontology
Categories and subcategories
M. incognita
C. elegans
B. malayi
O. volvulus

Biological process
Cell growth and maintenance
88
68
91
93

Cell communication
12
16
3
4
Cellular component
Cell
81
96
99
98

Extracellular
15
2
-
-

Unlocalized
3
0.6
-
1
Molecular function
Ligand binding / carrier
52
28
24
28

Enzyme
39
35
33
31

Transporter
5
13
6
13

Signal transducer
3
7
2
3

Structural molecule
2
5
17
15

Enzyme regulator
2
1
2
-

Cell adhesion
0.4
0.3
-
-

Motor
0.4
1
2
3

Transcriptional regulator
0.4
4
1
1

GO mappings for C. elegans, B. malayi and O. volvulus were obtained from [39].

McCarter et al. Genome Biology 2003 4:R26   doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-4-r26

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