Table 3

GO terms for mRNA transcripts preferentially excluded from polysomes at 4-6 hours (621 genes)

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

Biological process (333 genes*)




     Macromolecule biosynthesis
GO0009059
579
88
1.53E-44
     Protein biosynthesis
GO006412
548
87
9.10E-04





Cellular component (252 genes*)




     Eukaryotic 43S pre-initiation complex
GO0016282
70
32
3.22E-62
     Eukaryotic translation initiation, factor 3 complex
GO0005852
15
8
1.05E-19
     Cytosolic large ribosomal subunit
GO0005842
56
33
6.68E-86
     Cytosolic small ribosomal subunint
GO0005843
48
23
1.35E-47

*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