Table 2.

The number of genes regulated or not-regulated by E2 in selected GO functions.

GO No	Description	E2-regulated	Not regulated by E2
GO:0042562	Hormone binding	3	2
GO:0015485	Cholesterol binding	2	1
GO:0006629	Lipid metabolic process	15	8
GO:0008289	Lipid binding	8	1
GO:0006955	Immune response	4	3
GO:0002376	Immune system process	0	7
GO:0007155	Cell adhesion	0	10
GO:0003700	Transcription factor activity	22	7

Number of genes putatively regulated or not-regulated by E2, found in selected GO functions. The list of genes matching each function is shown in Additional file 3.