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Table 5 Gene Ontology enrichment (Biological Process) of predicted marker genes for the examined tissues

From: MGFM: a novel tool for detection of tissue and cell specific marker genes from microarray gene expression data

GO ID

GO

p-value

Expected count

Gene count

Size

Midbrain

GO:0007409

axonogenesis

4.49×10−22

46.71

118

489

GO:0010975

regulation of neuron projection development

5.58×10−20

21.4

70

224

GO:0006836

neurotransmitter transport

3.93×10−18

12.42

49

130

GO:0051969

regulation of transmission of nerve impulse

9.65×10−16

19.11

59

200

GO:0016358

dendrite development

6.24×10−13

12.51

42

131

Heart atrium

GO:0006941

striated muscle contraction

3.12×10−27

3.82

37

97

GO:0060047

heart contraction

3.34×10−27

5.76

44

146

GO:0048738

cardiac muscle tissue development

9.63×10−25

5.56

41

141

GO:0090257

regulation of muscle system process

4.29×10−24

5.76

41

146

GO:0030239

myofibril assembly

1.6×10−26

1.66

26

42

Kidney cortex

GO:0055085

transmembrane transport

2.03×10−18

29.19

83

757

GO:0007588

excretion

1.83×10−10

2.47

17

64

GO:0072006

nephron development

6.35×10−09

3.43

18

89

GO:0006814

sodium ion transport

8.87×10−08

4.47

19

116

GO:0072348

sulfur compound transport

1.74×10−05

0.89

7

23

Liver

GO:0008202

steroid metabolic process

8.68×10−46

15.33

90

267

GO:0032787

monocarboxylic acid metabolic process

3.34×10−35

24.57

100

428

GO:0006805

xenobiotic metabolic process

4.1×10−30

8.04

53

140

GO:0044282

small molecule catabolic process

2×10−28

14.7

69

256

GO:1901605

alpha-amino acid metabolic process

7.38×10−25

11.54

57

201

Lung

GO:0002684

positive regulation of immune system process

2.53×10−37

40.21

134

606

GO:0006954

inflammatory response

2.23×10−25

32.64

101

492

GO:0001816

cytokine production

4.95×10−25

31.32

98

472

GO:0046649

lymphocyte activation

1.2×10−24

31.12

97

469

GO:0009607

response to biotic stimulus

2.18×10−24

39.28

111

592

  1. Column labels are as follows: GO ID is the GO identifier; GO is the description of the GO term; p-value is the hypergeometric p-value for over-representation of each GO term; Expected/Gene Count are the expected and actual gene counts; and Size is the number of genes within each GO term