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Table 4 Gene Ontology classification of protein-coding genes by biological process

From: Epigenomic and metabolic responses of hypothalamic POMC neurons to gestational nicotine exposure in adult offspring

Category name (GO accession number)

Number of gene hits

Percent of gene hit against total number of genes

Percent of gene hit against total number of process hits

Apoptotic process (GO:0006915)

421

3.70 %

2.10 %

Biological adhesion (GO:0022610)

556

4.80 %

2.80 %

Biological regulation (GO:0065007)

2073

18.00 %

10.40 %

Cellular component organization or biogenesis (GO:0071840)

781

6.80 %

3.90 %

Cellular process (GO:0009987)

3721

32.30 %

18.70 %

Developmental process (GO:0032502)

1648

14.30 %

8.30 %

Growth (GO:0040007)

3

0.00 %

0.00 %

Immune system process (GO:0002376)

872

7.60 %

4.40 %

Localization (GO:0051179)

1779

15.40 %

9.00 %

Locomotion (GO:0040011)

7

0.10 %

0.00 %

Metabolic process (GO:0008152)

5775

50.10 %

29.10 %

Multicellular organismal process (GO:0032501)

1065

9.20 %

5.40 %

Reproduction (GO:0000003)

306

2.70 %

1.50 %

Response to stimulus (GO:0050896)

841

7.30 %

4.20 %

  1. PANTHER classified 12,731 protein-coding genes with average expression values > 1 CPM by biological process. A total of 21,970 biological processes were hit