Table 2 Gene Ontology comparison.
GO classes | Reference lists | Affymetrix lists | Illumina lists | RNG-86 lists | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Affy 18373 | Illum 16592 | RNG 17550 | Best 3800 (n = 3735) | P < 0.001 (n = 1876) | Best 3800 (n = 3756) | Pc < 0.001 (n = 1990) | Best 3800 (n = 3549) | Pc < 0.001 (n = 5198) | |
Immunity and defense | 1154 | 1124 | 1123 | 318 * (P < 10-5) § | 189 (P < 10-8) | 351 (P < 10-7) | 205 (P < 10-7) | 326 (P < 10-8) | 383 (P < 0.09) |
Intracellular signaling cascade | 818 | 779 | 802 | 217 (P < 0.05) | 118 (P < 0.05) | 214 (ns) | 118 (ns) | 208 (P < 0.05) | 272 (ns) |
Lipid, fatty acid and steroid metabolism | 673 | 647 | 655 | 189 (P < 10-3) | 107 (P < 10-3) | 196 (P < 0.05) | 119 (P < 10-3) | 178 (P < 0.05) | 223 (ns) |
Apoptosis | 470 | 457 | 458 | 130 (P < 0.05) | 77 (P < 0.05) | 127 (ns) | 75 (ns) | 132 (P < 0.05) | 163 (ns) |
Carbohydrate metabolism | 520 | 502 | 496 | 132 (ns) | 69 (ns) | 147 (P < 0.05) | 75 (ns) | 143 (P < 10-3) | 190 (P < 0.05) |
Protein metabolism and modification | 2426 | 2316 | 2340 | 584 (P < 10-3) | 283 (ns) | 624 (P < 10-4) | 342 (P < 10-3) | 600 (P < 10-8) | 836 (P < 10-6) |
Signal transduction | 2973 | 2866 | 2979 | 617 (ns) | 374 (P < 10-3) | 591 (ns) | 350 (ns) | 565 (ns) | 733 (P < 10-6) |