Table 3

GO terms specific for the human housekeeping or tissue specific genes set

GO terms specific for:
GO ID
Description
% of HK genes
% of TS genes

HK genes
GO:0006412
protein biosynthesis
29.1
-

GO:0003735
structural constituent of ribosome
23.3
-

GO:0005840
ribosome
18.4
-

GO:0005842
cytosolic large ribos. subunit (sensu Euk.)
10.7
-

GO:0030529
ribonucleoprotein complex
4.9
-

GO:0006414
translational elongation
3.9
-

TS genes
GO:0005615
extracellular space
-
14.8

GO:0004295
trypsin activity
-
8.4

GO:0004263
chymotrypsin activity
-
8.4

GO:0005576
extracellular region
-
6.7

GO:0006810
transport
-
6.6

GO:0008233
peptidase activity
-
6.6

GO = Gene Ontology, GO ID = Gene Ontology term identifier, HK = housekeeping, TS = tissue specific.

De Ferrari and Aitken BMC Genomics 2006 7:277   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-7-277