Ing. Consequently, the insulator protein CTCF and the DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A are associated with this term as well. Some functions related to transport are enriched and associated with both human and mouse imprinted genes. For instance, the Growth factor receptor-bound protein 10 (GRB10) is involved inTable 1. Conserved functional classes in imprinted genes in human (green) and mouse (brown) at a p-value of 0.05.Term GO:0007275 ,multicellular organismal developmentSpecies HumanCountPercentage 42.Fold Enrichment IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.2Log (p-value) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 25033180 2.Mouse GO:0032502 ,developmental process Human1429.2 44.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.9 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.8 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.Mouse GO:0048666 ,neuron Human development Mouse GO:0048731 ,system Human development Mouse GO:0048856 Human ,anatomical structure development Mouse15 4 4 15 1231.3 10.5 8.3 39.5 25.0 39.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.9 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 4.8 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 4.8 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.6 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.1 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.8 IIIIIIIIIIIII 1.3 IIIIIIIIIIIII 1.3 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 3.3 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.7 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.25.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.IIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050285.tCellular Functions of Genetically Imprinted GenesFigure 1. The most specific enriched GO terms of biological functions for the full set of imprinted genes in human (green) and mouse (brown). Nodes represent the enriched Go terms and the thickness of the interconnected links corresponds to the number of shared genes. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050285.gthe Negative regulation of transport. This gene interacts with insulin receptors and insulin-like growth-factor receptors [19]. Overexpression of some isoforms of GRB10 inhibits HDAC-IN-3 web tyrosine kinase activity and results in growth suppression, e.g. by suppressing glucose import [20]. The two enriched GO terms Organic cation transport and Ion transport describe the regulation of the directed movement of organic cations into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. The associated mouse imprinted genes Slc22a2 and Slc22a3 are polyspecific organic cation transporters in the liver, kidney, intestine, and other organs. Grouping genes based on shared GO terms can highlight functional 
similarities of different genes. For this, clustering algorithms were applied to a gene-to-gene similarity matrix and imprinted genes were classified into highly related groups (see methods). We identified one gene cluster in the 
human and two clusters in the mouse. The only discovered cluster in human resembles the second cluster in mouse and encompasses zinc finger protein genes such as PEG3, ZNF597 and ZNF331. Its members have a strong association with regulatory and transcriptional tasks (Figure 2). For mouse, the first cluster contains mostly genes that 842-07-9 site encode proteins that are involved in transport processes (Figure 3a). As mentioned, the second group consists mostly of zinc finger protein genes similar to the human one (Figure 3b).enrichment likely reflects that positive regulation of osteoblast is so far associated with very few genes in the full genome. In mouse, 24 genes are classified as maternally expressed. We found that 14 biological functions are significantly associated with these genes. These 14 terms (tabl.Ing. Consequently, the insulator protein CTCF and the DNA methyltransferase DNMT3A are associated with this term as well. Some functions related to transport are enriched and associated with both human and mouse imprinted genes. For instance, the Growth factor receptor-bound protein 10 (GRB10) is involved inTable 1. Conserved functional classes in imprinted genes in human (green) and mouse (brown) at a p-value of 0.05.Term GO:0007275 ,multicellular organismal developmentSpecies HumanCountPercentage 42.Fold Enrichment IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.2Log (p-value) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 25033180 2.Mouse GO:0032502 ,developmental process Human1429.2 44.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.9 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.8 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.Mouse GO:0048666 ,neuron Human development Mouse GO:0048731 ,system Human development Mouse GO:0048856 Human ,anatomical structure development Mouse15 4 4 15 1231.3 10.5 8.3 39.5 25.0 39.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.9 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 4.8 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 4.8 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.6 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.1 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.8 IIIIIIIIIIIII 1.3 IIIIIIIIIIIII 1.3 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 3.3 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.7 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 2.25.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.IIIIIIIIIIIIII 1.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050285.tCellular Functions of Genetically Imprinted GenesFigure 1. The most specific enriched GO terms of biological functions for the full set of imprinted genes in human (green) and mouse (brown). Nodes represent the enriched Go terms and the thickness of the interconnected links corresponds to the number of shared genes. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050285.gthe Negative regulation of transport. This gene interacts with insulin receptors and insulin-like growth-factor receptors [19]. Overexpression of some isoforms of GRB10 inhibits tyrosine kinase activity and results in growth suppression, e.g. by suppressing glucose import [20]. The two enriched GO terms Organic cation transport and Ion transport describe the regulation of the directed movement of organic cations into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. The associated mouse imprinted genes Slc22a2 and Slc22a3 are polyspecific organic cation transporters in the liver, kidney, intestine, and other organs. Grouping genes based on shared GO terms can highlight functional similarities of different genes. For this, clustering algorithms were applied to a gene-to-gene similarity matrix and imprinted genes were classified into highly related groups (see methods). We identified one gene cluster in the human and two clusters in the mouse. The only discovered cluster in human resembles the second cluster in mouse and encompasses zinc finger protein genes such as PEG3, ZNF597 and ZNF331. Its members have a strong association with regulatory and transcriptional tasks (Figure 2). For mouse, the first cluster contains mostly genes that encode proteins that are involved in transport processes (Figure 3a). As mentioned, the second group consists mostly of zinc finger protein genes similar to the human one (Figure 3b).enrichment likely reflects that positive regulation of osteoblast is so far associated with very few genes in the full genome. In mouse, 24 genes are classified as maternally expressed. We found that 14 biological functions are significantly associated with these genes. These 14 terms (tabl.