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. 2011 Jun 13;12:310. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-310

Table 1.

List of biological processes GO categories enriched among genes differentially expressed in mineralizing VSa13 and VSa16 cells

VSa13 (CHONDROCYTIC LINEAGE) VSa16 (OSTEOBLASTIC LINEAGE)
BP TERM COUNT % P FE TERM COUNT % P FE

protein homotetramerization 6 0.5 0.006 3.8
PROT. INTER. protein tetramerization 7 0.5 0.013 2.9
protein homooligomerization 9 0.7 0.024 2.3

rRNA transcription 5 0.4 0.019 3.8
DNA/RNA METAB. DNA replication 37 2.9 0.000 2.1
DNA-dependent DNA replication 19 1.5 0.001 2.1

serine family amino acid biosynt. process 6 0.4 0.025 2.9 vitamin biosynthetic process 10 0.8 0.003 2.7
hexose/alcohol/monosaccharide biosynthetic process 12 0.8 0.005 2.3 water-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process 9 0.7 0.008 2.6
BIOSYN. PROC. amino acid biosynthetic process 15 1.0 0.043 1.7 hexose/alcohol/monosaccharide biosynthetic process 10 0.8 0.028 2.1
carbohydrate biosynthetic process 21 1.5 0.016 1.6 coenzyme biosynthetic process 21 1.6 0.012 1.7
nitrogen compound biosynthetic process 21 1.5 0.027 1.6 cofactor biosynthetic process 24 1.9 0.035 1.5
amine biosynthetic process 19 1.3 0.040 1.5

pigmentation 7 0.5 0.026 2.6
inner ear morphogenesis 7 0.5 0.045 2.4
fertilization 9 0.7 0.024 2.3
DEV. tissue remodeling 14 1.1 0.009 2.0
embryonic morphogenesis 14 1.1 0.013 2.0

tissue development 33 2.5 0.005 1.6
embryonic development 33 2.5 0.010 1.5
mitochondrion organization and biogenesis 15 1.0 0.016 1.8 mitotic cell cycle checkpoint 9 0.7 0.024 2.3
cell motility/localization of the cell 59 4.1 0.002 1.4 cell cycle checkpoint 12 0.9 0.015 2.1
mitosis/M phase of mitotic cell cycle 35 2.4 0.024 1.4 regulation of mitosis 14 1.1 0.009 2.0
cell projection: morphogenesis, 28 2.0 0.040 1.4 growth 38 2.9 0.001 1.6
CELL CYCLE organization and biogenesis regulation of cell growth 18 1.4 0.042 1.6
AND M phase 40 2.8 0.034 1.3 regulation of growth 25 1.9 0.018 1.5
GROWTH cell division 36 2.5 0.041 1.3 cell growth 24 1.9 0.023 1.5
cell proliferation 89 6.2 0.013 1.2 regulation of cell size 24 1.9 0.035 1.5
cell motility/localization of the cell 52 4.0 0.007 1.4
mitosis/M phase of mitotic cell cycle 33 2.5 0.018 1.4
cell migration 31 2.4 0.027 1.4
mitotic cell cycle 43 3.3 0.039 1.3
cell proliferation 78 6.0 0.047 1.2

SIGNAL. DNA damage response. signal transduction resulting in induction of apoptosis 5 0.3 0.028 3.4 phosphoinositide-mediated signaling 16 1.2 0.010 1.9

PROT. tRNA modification 6 0.4 0.010 3.4 tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation/aminoacid activation 14 1.1 0.025 1.8
SYNT. RNA modification 9 0.6 0.001 3.1

response to virus 14 1.0 0.003 2.2 response to wounding 50 3.9 0.006 1.4
STRESS cell redox homeostasis 17 1.2 0.003 2.0 inflammatory response 32 2.5 0.049 1.4
RESP. response to oxidative stress 19 1.3 0.040 1.5 response to stress 112 8.6 0.028 1.2
response to stimulus 216 15.1 0.011 1.1 response to stimulus 194 15.0 0.026 1.1

ADH. biological/cell adhesion 65 5.0 0.026 1.3

BIOL. REG. regulation of biological quality 103 7.2 0.018 1.2 regulation of biological quality 97 7.5 0.008 1.2

isoprenoid metabolic process 9 0.6 0.015 2.4 purine ribonucleoside metabolic process 5 0.4 0.019 3.8
glutathione metabolic process 8 0.6 0.033 2.3 ribonucleoside/glycine metabolic process 6 0.5 0.017 3.2
pyruvate metabolic process 11 0.8 0.017 2.1 retinoid/diterpenoid metabolic process 5 0.4 0.046 3.1
gluconeogenesis 9 0.6 0.043 2.1 aldehyde metabolic process 6 0.5 0.035 2.8
mitochondrial transport 12 0.8 0.032 1.9 serine family amino acid metabolic process 12 0.9 0.002 2.5
sulfur metabolic process 17 1.2 0.010 1.8 glutamine family amino acid metab. process 12 0.9 0.004 2.4
water-soluble vitamin metabolic process 13 0.9 0.049 1.7 nucleoside/pyridine nucleotide metab. process 10 0.8 0.011 2.4
glucose metabolic process 26 1.8 0.010 1.6 water-soluble vitamin metabolic process 16 1.2 0.001 2.3
glucose catabolic process 17 1.2 0.037 1.6 gluconeogenesis 9 0.7 0.024 2.3
vitamin/alcohol metabolic process 18 1.3 0.039 1.6 oxygen and ROS metabolic process 8 0.6 0.033 2.3
nucleotide metabolic process 47 3.3 0.001 1.5 vitamin metabolic process 23 1.8 0.000 2.2
nucleobase. nucleoside and nucleotide metabolic process 49 3.4 0.002 1.5 pyruvate metabolic process 10 0.8 0.028 2.1
monosaccharide metabolic process 32 2.2 0.016 1.5 glucose metabolic process 26 2.0 0.002 1.8
carboxylic/organic acid metab. process 102 7.1 0.000 1.4 glucose catabolic process 17 1.3 0.015 1.8
amino acid and derivative metabolic process 67 4.7 0.002 1.4 amino acid catabolic process 15 1.2 0.025 1.8
amino acid metabolic process 54 3.8 0.008 1.4 alcohol catabolic process 18 1.4 0.015 1.7
monocarboxylic acid metabolic process 45 3.1 0.015 1.4 hexose/monosaccharide catabolic process 17 1.3 0.026 1.7
hexose metabolic process 31 2.2 0.023 1.4 amine/nitrogen compound catabolic process 16 1.2 0.034 1.7
fatty acid metabolic process 31 2.2 0.034 1.4 monosaccharide metabolic process 31 2.4 0.007 1.6
METAB. lipid biosynthetic process 32 2.2 0.040 1.4 aromatic compound metabolic process 23 1.8 0.012 1.6
amine metabolic process 74 5.2 0.006 1.3 carbohydrate catabolic process 21 1.6 0.025 1.6
nitrogen compound metabolic process 75 5.2 0.010 1.3 tRNA metabolic process 19 1.5 0.026 1.6
alcohol metabolic process 47 3.3 0.021 1.3 cellular carbohydrate catabolic process 20 1.5 0.032 1.6
cellular carbohydrate metabolic process 52 3.6 0.036 1.3 amino acid metabolic process 54 4.2 0.001 1.5
catabolic process 106 7.4 0.012 1.2 nucleobase. nucleoside and nucleotide metabolic process 46 3.5 0.001 1.5
lipid metabolic process 85 5.9 0.012 1.2 nucleotide metabolic process 42 3.2 0.003 1.5
cellular lipid metabolic process 69 4.8 0.037 1.2 coenzyme metabolic process 37 2.9 0.011 1.5
hexose metabolic process 30 2.3 0.011 1.5
carboxylic/organic acid metabolic process 97 7.5 0.000 1.4
amine metabolic process 72 5.6 0.001 1.4
amino acid and derivative metabolic process 62 4.8 0.002 1.4
nitrogen compound metabolic process 73 5.6 0.002 1.4
cofactor metabolic process 46 3.5 0.007 1.4
cellular carbohydrate metabolic process 51 3.9 0.009 1.4
carbohydrate metabolic process 67 5.2 0.009 1.3
alcohol metabolic process 43 3.3 0.026 1.3
cellular catabolic process 84 6.5 0.017 1.2
catabolic process 95 7.3 0.027 1.2
lipid metabolic process 75 5.8 0.037 1.2
cellular lipid metabolic process 63 4.9 0.043 1.2

bone mineralization 6 0.5 0.035 2.8
BONE ossification/biomineral formation/bone remodelling 13 1.0 0.011 2.0
skeletal development 28 2.2 0.009 1.6

Functional annotation tool from the database for annotation, visualization and integrated discovery (DAVID; v6.7) has been used to identify significant biological processes among differentially expressed genes. p < 0.05 (P) and fold enrichment (FE) was higher than 1.1.