Table 3 A comparison of the capabilities of various software tools for analyzing GO.

From: Graph-based exploitation of gene ontology using GOxploreR for scrutinizing biological significance

Name

R Package

Direct structural information to GO

Enrichment

Reduced GO-DAG

Prioritizing GO-terms

GOxploreR

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

OntologyTraverser37

Yes

Partly

Yes

No

No

Categorizer38

No

No

Yes

No

No

G-SESAME39

No

No

No

No

No

GOrilla40

No

No

Yes

No

No

GOGrapher41

No

Partly

No

No

No

agriGO42

No

No

Yes

No

No

topGO43

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

GOdb44

Yes

Yes

No

No

No