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inferences on the biological significance of the variations of each subcategories of GO. However, numerous
detailed experiments have demonstrated the significant biological roles of AS in plant stress responses, growth
and development (Reddy et al., 2013; Staiger and Brown, 2013). Identification of these AS genes in maize is the
first step in elucidating their biological roles in this plant species.
Table 3 Classification of maize gene products based on Gene Ontology biological processes
GO ID
Total
AS
%
Biological Process
GO:0009987
6 707
5 291
78.9
cellular process
GO:0008152
5 663
4 430
78.2
metabolic process
GO:0009058
3 353
2 575
76.8
biosynthetic process
GO:0006139
2 901
2 290
78.9
nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
GO:0016043
1 747
1 382
79.1
cellular component organization
GO:0006950
1 608
1 283
79.8
response to stress
GO:0006810
1 461
1 193
81.7
transport
GO:0007275
1 184
910
76.9
multicellular organism development
GO:0006464
1 092
876
80.2
cellular protein modification process
GO:0009056
965
759
78.7
catabolic process
GO:0007154
923
705
76.4
cell communication
GO:0007165
906
698
77.0
signal transduction
GO:0009628
836
675
80.7
response to abiotic stimulus
GO:0019538
787
645
82.0
protein metabolic process
GO:0009719
776
568
73.2
response to endogenous stimulus
GO:0005975
759
584
76.9
carbohydrate metabolic process
GO:0000003
695
535
77.0
reproduction
GO:0006629
659
534
81.0
lipid metabolic process
GO:0009791
598
456
76.3
post-embryonic development
GO:0009605
513
402
78.4
response to external stimulus
GO:0009653
493
398
80.7
anatomical structure morphogenesis
GO:0007049
490
401
81.8
cell cycle
GO:0006259
474
399
84.2
DNA metabolic process
GO:0006412
455
358
78.7
translation
GO:0030154
436
334
76.6
cell differentiation
GO:0009607
373
290
77.7
response to biotic stimulus
GO:0040007
284
222
78.2
growth
GO:0009908
282
217
77.0
flower development
GO:0006091
252
190
75.4
generation of precursor metabolites and energy
GO:0009790
230
183
79.6
embryo development
GO:0015979
188
135
71.8
photosynthesis
GO:0016049
174
138
79.3
cell growth
GO:0008219
172
145
84.3
cell death
GO:0019725
172
132
76.7
cellular homeostasis
GO:0019748
155
106
68.4
secondary metabolic process
GO:0040029
127
111
87.4
regulation of gene expression, epigenetic
GO:0009991
108
85
78.7
response to extracellular stimulus
GO:0009856
72
53
73.6
pollination
GO:0007267
53
45
84.9
cell-cell signaling
GO:0009606
35
30
85.7
tropism
GO:0009875
19
12
63.2
pollen-pistil interaction
GO:0007610
14
13
92.9
behavior
GO:0009835
12
9
75.0
fruit ripening
GO:0009838
12
8
66.7
abscission
Total
39 215
30 805
78.6
