The use of Open Reading frame ESTs (ORESTES) for analysis of the honey bee transcriptome

BMC Genomics

Table 2 Gene Ontology classification of Apis mellifera ORESTES contigs according to the Drosophila genes that they represent.

Gene Ontology	Number of genes
Cellular Component
extracellular matrix	4
extracellular space	5
intracellular	99
membrane	29
others	8
Biological Process
reproduction	18
cell motility	7
response to stress	6
cell communication	25
pattern specification	10
cell growth and/or maintenance	55
metabolism	79
response to external stimulus	10
morphogenesis	24
embryonic development	9
cell differentiation	9
others	41
Molecular Function
nucleotide binding	14
nucleic acid binding	40
RNA polymerase II transcription factor activity	7
antimicrobial peptide activity	3
helicase activity	4
receptor signaling protein activity	5
structural constituent of cytoskeleton	5
microfilament motor activity	5
transcription factor activity	6
kinase activity	14
oxidoreductase activity	22
transferase activity	23
hydrolase activity	38
protein binding	29
metal ion binding	9
ion transporter activity	8
others	70

GO levels were set at 3. In either of the GO categories, individual contigs may be listed in more than one category. This GO classification only includes Apis mellifera orthologs to Drosophila genes that are represented by a Flybase code.

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