Table 1A.
Gold Standard Functional Gene Groups
| Functional classification | Gene ontology code | Genes | Total articles referenced | Unique articles referenced |
| Signal transduction | GO:0007165 | 94 | 3484 | 1944 |
| Cell adhesion | GO:0007155 | 6 | 82 | 59 |
| Autophagy | GO:0006914 | 16 | 110 | 55 |
| Budding | GO:0007114 | 74 | 1692 | 979 |
| Cell cycle | GO:0007049 | 341 | 8399 | 4438 |
| Biogenesis | GO:0016043 | 459 | 6439 | 3840 |
| Shape size control | GO:0007148 | 54 | 1629 | 1014 |
| Cell fusion | GO:0006947 | 89 | 2495 | 1470 |
| Ion homeostasis | GO:0006873 | 43 | 667 | 363 |
| Membrane fusion | GO:0006944 | 6 | 212 | 209 |
| Sporulation | GO:0007151 | 27 | 646 | 553 |
| Stress response | GO:0006950 | 94 | 2603 | 1866 |
| Transport | GO:0006810 | 313 | 4559 | 2708 |
| Amino acid metabolism | GO:0006519 | 78 | 1594 | 1221 |
| Carbohydrate metabolism | GO:0005975 | 90 | 2719 | 1855 |
| Electron transport | GO:0006118 | 8 | 205 | 187 |
| Lipid metabolism | GO:0006629 | 90 | 1035 | 715 |
| Nitrogen metabolism | GO:0006807 | 15 | 264 | 229 |
| Nucleic acid metabolism | GO:0006139 | 676 | 12345 | 6674 |
