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. 2002 Oct;12(10):1582–1590. doi: 10.1101/gr.116402

Table 1A.

Gold Standard Functional Gene Groups

Functional classification Gene ontology code Genes Total articles referenced Unique articles referenced





Signal transduction GO:0007165 94 3484 1944
Cell adhesion GO:0007155 6 82 59
Autophagy GO:0006914 16 110 55
Budding GO:0007114 74 1692 979
Cell cycle GO:0007049 341 8399 4438
Biogenesis GO:0016043 459 6439 3840
Shape size control GO:0007148 54 1629 1014
Cell fusion GO:0006947 89 2495 1470
Ion homeostasis GO:0006873 43 667 363
Membrane fusion GO:0006944 6 212 209
Sporulation GO:0007151 27 646 553
Stress response GO:0006950 94 2603 1866
Transport GO:0006810 313 4559 2708
Amino acid metabolism GO:0006519 78 1594 1221
Carbohydrate metabolism GO:0005975 90 2719 1855
Electron transport GO:0006118 8 205 187
Lipid metabolism GO:0006629 90 1035 715
Nitrogen metabolism GO:0006807 15 264 229
Nucleic acid metabolism GO:0006139 676 12345 6674
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