Table 4

GO annotations whose transcripts had an average (observed minus expected) length significantly different than the average for all transcripts

GO annotation
t-statistic
Ontology
Comparison of distribution to average
Number of genes

Structural constituent of ribosome
4.39E-55
MF
Shorter
229
Chaperone activity
1.27E-10
MF
Shorter
82
Cytoplasm
4.49E-07
CC
Shorter
2,391
Unknown
5.79E-07
All
Longer
2,313
Proteasome core complex
6.53E-07
CC
Shorter
15
Response to oxidative stress
7.64E-07
BP
Shorter
35
Nucleolus
2.70E-06
CC
Shorter
220
Gluconeogenesis
3.24E-06
BP
Shorter
30
Peroxisome organization and biogenesis
8.91E-06
BP
Shorter
39
Chromatin assembly/disassembly
1.43E-05
BP
Shorter
24

BP, biological process; MF, molecular function; CC, cellular component.

Hurowitz and Brown Genome Biology 2003 5:R2