For 80% of biologists who need to answer, "What is my gene list doing?" DAVID is the best tool ever made. Use it, cite it, and never present a raw gene list to your PI again.

This is where the magic happens. The Three Outputs You Must Understand When the results appear, you will see a wall of data. Ignore the noise and focus on these three things:

DAVID uses . Instead of reading genes, it reads Gene Ontology (GO) terms, pathways (KEGG), protein domains (InterPro), and disease associations. How DAVID Works (The 3-Step Magic) Step 1: Upload your list. Paste your gene symbols, Entrez IDs, or Affymetrix probes. You don't need to know the format; DAVID auto-detects it.