Transcriptome analysis of cattle muscle identifies potential markers for skeletal muscle growth rate and major cell types

Table 2 Gene sets identified by the k-means clustering analysis

Gene set	Enriched GO term ¹	Cluster numbers				5 gene set	Possible biological process
		k = 13	k = 10	k = 13	k = 10
		All ²	All	PN ³	PN
IMF⁴	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	ACSM1, CIDEA, DGAT2, FABP4, THRSP	IMF deposition
ECM⁵	ECM organization	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	ADAMTS4, BGN, COL5A2, TGFB2, SERPINH1	General ECM remodelling
Cell cycle	Cell cycle process	C9	C3	C9	C5	CDC6, CDC20, CDCA3, KIF20A, KIF23	General mitotic cell division
ECM1	ECM organization	C9	C3	C9	C5	COL5A2, COL1A2, SDC3, SH3PXD2B, TNC	General ECM remodelling
ECM2	ECM organization	C8	C10	C10	N/A	COL3A1, GFOD2, LAMA4, MMP15, TGFB3	ECM remodelling involved in angiogenesis
Angiogenesis	Angiogenesis	C8	C10	C10	C5	CCBE1, ELK3, NOTCH1, SOX18, VASH1	Angiogenesis
Locomotion	Regulation of locomotion	C10	C9	C1	C1	ADORA3, ENG, FLT4, IFITM2, LMNA	Cell migration involved in the newly formed blood vessel

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