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. 2009 Oct 25;38(1):26–38. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkp876

Table 3.

Cell-cycle benchmark and score-card

Cell-cycle phases, processes and components
Martini Marmite CoPub FatiGO ProfCom
Synonyms/related genes
1. G1-Phase Gap 1
2. S-Phase DNA metabolism, synthesis; synthesis phase 1 1
Sub-processes: 1
 (i) Replication initiation Chromatin silencing; Hyperphosphorylation
(ii) DNA replication DNA methylation, synthesis, recombination 1 1 1
(iii) DNA repair Base-excision repair; DNA damage response, unwinding; double-strand break repair; mismatch repair; nucleotide-excision repair; post-replication repair; Telomere maintenance 1 1
Key components:
 (i) Origin of replication complex Claspin; ORC
(ii) Mini-chromosome maintenance complex MCM2-7
(iii) Replication fork CHL12; DNA ligase; DNA polymerase; DNA replication factor; Helicase; holoenzyme; lagging strand; leading strand; Okazaki fragments; PCNA; PCNA-binding protein; pre-replication complex; primase; processivity; replication protein A (RP-A); replication factor C (RFC); single-stranded DNA; ssDNA-binding proteins; Strand displacement; Topoisomerase. 1 1
3. DNA repair proteins Ataxia Telangiectasia mutated gene (ATM), ATR, ATR-interacting proteins; ATRIP; CHK1 kinase, CHK2 kinase; HUS1 1
4. G2-Phase Gap 2
5. M-Phase Cell division; ‘Karyokinesis and cytokinesis’; Mitosis; Mitotic division; ‘Not interphase’ 1 1 1
Sub-processes: 1 1
 (i) Prophase Envelope breakdown.
(ii) Prometaphase Chromosome condensation; spindle assembly; spindle elongation 1 1
(iii) Metaphase BubR1; chromosome alignment; hyperphosphorylation; metaphase–anaphase transition; mitotic checkpoint; mitotic exit checkpoint; mitotic spindle checkpoint; spindle stabilization 1 1
(iv) Anaphase APC/C; centrosome separation; chromatid separation; chromosome segregation; sister chromatid separation 1 1
(v) Telophase Multinuclear 1 1
(vi) Cytokinesis Abscission 1
Key components: 1 1 1
 (i) Mitotic spindle Aster; centrosomes; centriole pair; Kinetochore; microtubules; mitotic center
(ii) Metaphase plate Midzone 1
(iii) Cleavage furrow Contractile ring; non-muscle myosin II+actin filaments
True Positives (non-redundant) 12 0 12 5 0
False Negatives 8 20 8 15 20
False Positives 0 0 58 6 0
Recall 60% 0% 60% 25% 0%
Precision 100% 17% 46%

This table lists 20 key features of the human cell cycle, and uses this feature list as a benchmark to compare the performance of different tools based on their output (Table 2).