Table 3.
Gene ontology breakdown of the 9411 salamander genes with presumptive human orthologs
| Ontology | Level | Old annotations | New annotations |
| cell cycle | BP3 | 226 | 438 |
| metabolism | BP2 | 1889 | 3982 |
| cell motility | BP3 | 62 | 126 |
| mophogenesis | BP2 | 109 | 272 |
| development | BP1 | 342 | 795 |
| response to stress | BP2 | 219 | 469 |
| cell death | BP3 | 142 | 312 |
| catalytic activity | MF1 | 1275 | 2855 |
| transcription factor activity | MF2 | 112 | 344 |
| kinase activity | MF4 | 159 | 456 |
| Total (3935) | Total (9411) | ||
The table shows the number of Ambystoma ESTdb contigs with gene ontology annotations before and after 454 DNA sequencing. The total is less than the sum of each category because several genes may belong to multiple categories. BP = biological process. MF = molecular function.