Table 4

The most abundant biological processes assigned to the A. mexicanum contigs

Biological process
Total number of contigs
% contigs
BL/NT
Fisher's exact (BL/NT)

Protein metabolism
324
15
116/132
3/1
Metabolism
296
13.7
78/170
0/3
Intracellular transport
268
12.4
59/53
4/5
RNA metabolism
227
10.5
127/45
22/2
Cell cycle
194
9
95/52
5/2
Intracellular signaling
148
6.8
95/65
1/6
DNA metabolism/repair
90
4.1
50/12
3/0
Development
69
3.2
32/27
0/2
Cell-cell communication
81
3.7
24/42
0/6
Differentiation
27
1.5
13/7
2/3

The highest-ranking biological process is 'protein metabolism/modification' with 15% of contigs assigned. 'Cellular metabolism', 'intracellular transport' and 'RNA metabolism' have all more than 10% of contigs assigned and represent the most abundant gene families in the two libraries. The percentage contigs refers to the number of contigs assigned a biological process. BL: Blastema; NT: Neural tube.

Habermann et al. Genome Biology 2004 5:R67   doi:10.1186/gb-2004-5-9-r67