Table 1

Comparison of GOTM with related software*

FatiGO

Onto-Express

GOSurfer

GoMiner

GOTM


Interface/OS

Web

Web

Windows

Windows/Mac

Web

Input Identifier

Unigene ID, Gene symbol, Swiss-Prot ID, Ensembl ID, GenBank ID

GenBank ID, Affymetrix probe set ID, Unigene ID

Affymetrix probe set ID, LocusID, Unigene ID

HUGO gene names

LocusID, Gene symbol, Affymetrix probe set ID, UnigeneID, Swiss-Prot ID, Ensembl ID

Multi-level analysis

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Visualization of classification

Bar chart, Table, Fixed tree

Bar chart, Table

Fixed tree

Expandable tree, DAG

Expandable tree, Bar chart, Fixed tree

Statistical Analysis

Fisher's exact test

Binomial test, χ2 test, Fisher's exact test

χ2 test

Fisher's exact test

Hypergeometric test

Correction for multiple tests

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Visualization of enriched GO categories

Bar chart, Table

Bar chart, Table

Highlight in the full GOTree

Highlight in the full DAG

Sub-tree and DAG of enriched GO categories; Highlight in the full GOTree and bar chart

Availability

Free

Partially free

Free

Free

Free


* The comparison was based on the information available from individual website as of August, 2003

Zhang et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2004 5:16   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-5-16

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