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Table 2 Gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis of genes whose promoter is either hyper- or hypomethylated

From: Oestrogen receptor β regulates epigenetic patterns at specific genomic loci through interaction with thymine DNA glycosylase

GO term

p value

# Genes (63 in total)

Hypermethylated genes

 Embryonic morphogenesis

4.91E−04

5

 Embryonic appendage morphogenesis

6.39E−04

3

 Embryonic limb morphogenesis

6.39E−04

3

 Regulation of transcription, DNA dependent

7.62E−04

8

 Regulation of RNA metabolic process

8.50E−04

8

 Transcription, DNA dependent

1.01E−03

8

 RNA biosynthetic process

1.03E−03

8

 Appendage morphogenesis

1.12E−03

3

 Limb morphogenesis

1.12E−03

3

 Embryonic development

1.19E−03

6

GO term

p value

# Genes (223 in total)

Hypomethylated genes

 Developmental process

5.29E−10

52

 Multicellular organismal development

2.70E−09

48

 Anatomical structure development

4.73E−09

44

 System development

1.93E−08

41

 Regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter

6.70E−08

20

 Regulation of transcription, DNA dependent

7.84E−08

27

 Regulation of RNA metabolic process

1.10E−07

27

 Positive regulation of cellular biosynthetic process

1.42E−07

20

 Transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter

1.66E−07

20

 Transcription, DNA dependent

1.88E−07

27

  1. Included genes show more than 30 % difference in methylation between wt and βerko MEFs, and at least 30 % of all promoter CpGs are covered by more than four reads in both cell types