Table 2

GO terms for mRNA transcipts preferentially associated with polysomes at 0-2 hours (906 genes)

Term
GO
No. of genes in D. melanogaster database
No. of genes in the selected group
p value

Biological process (535 genes*)




     Development
GO0007275
1,992
181
2.01E-07
     Pattern specification
GO0007389
318
38
8.90E-05
     Embryonic pattern specification
GO0009880
148
22
4.45E-05
     Blastoderm segmentation
GO0007350
118
19
2.86E-05
     Regulation of biological process
GO0050789
1,681
143
3.76E-04
     Regulation of cellular process
GO0050794
1,561
139
3.92E-05
     Gametogenesis
GO0007276
574
64
4.82E-06





Molecular function (539 genes*)




     Transcription regulator activity
GO0030528
971
88
5.05E-04
     RNA pol II transcription activity
GO0003702
362
45
2.43E-06
     General RNA pol II transcription activity
GO0016251
110
37
1.94E-13
     Transcriptional activator activity
GO0016563
35
11
1.78E-09
     Transcription cofactor activity
GO0003712
86
16
4.42E-06
     Transcriptional coactivator activity
GO0003713
24
8
8.58E-08
     DNA binding
GO0003677
947
85
1.12E-04
     RNA binding
GO0003723
438
50
1.57E-05





Cellular component (392 genes*)




     Nucleus
GO0005634
1,793
324
2.21E-18
     Nucleoplasm
Go0005654
249
42
6.97E-10
     Transcription factor complexes
GO0005667
92
19
3.16E-07
     DNA-directed RNA polymerase II, holoenzyme
GO0016591
91
21
1.97E-09
     Actin filament
GO0005884
26
14
1.08E-20

*Number of the probe sets in the selected group with an available annotation as biological process, molecular function or cellular component.

Qin et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R63   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-4-r63