Table 1

Examples of class relevance evaluation

Original class annotations

Most relevant term among class annotations

Associated probability

Number of proteins in the class

Number of class proteins annotated for the term

Number of proteins annotated for the term in the reference set

Conjugation with cellular fusion; perception of abiotic stimulus; cell surface receptor linked signal transduction; sensory perception; response to pheromone during conjugation with cellular fusion

Conjugation with cellular fusion

3.85E-09

11

8

32

RNA metabolism

RNA metabolism

2.76E-09

32

17

70

Cell cycle

Cell cycle

0.07383

6

3

115

The second and third columns are the results of the GO-Stats program, whereas all other columns are the results of a PRODISTIN analysis (see text for details).

Martin et al. Genome Biology 2004 5:R101   doi:10.1186/gb-2004-5-12-r101