Table 2 Functional enrichment analysis
From: Functional genomics of the digestive tract in broilers
Gene cluster | Number of transcripts | Number of genes | Number of enriched GO terms | main enriched functions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cluster 1 | 4347 | 3684 | 190 | metabolic processes (protein, fatty acid, glucose…), fatty acid oxidation, transport (lipids, glucose…), immune system (innate and response to bacterium, T cell differentiation, cytokine production, leukocyte-mediated immunity) |
Cluster 2 | 593 | 509 | 50 | macrophage differentiation, vesicle-mediated transport |
Cluster 3 | 544 | 470 | 49 | regulation of contraction, vasculogenesis, neuron development and synapse assembly, ion transport (K+ and Ca2+) |
Cluster 4 | 520 | 454 | 82 | morphogenesis (epithelium and nephron), ion transport (Cl−) |
Cluster 5 | 4216 | 3477 | 276 | development and morphogenesis, cellular organization, signal transduction |
Cluster 6 | 469 | 371 | 35 | DNA damage and repair, protein ubiquitination |
Cluster 7 | 351 | 302 | 58 | transcription and translation regulation, cell death andapoptotic processes, cytoskeleton organization |