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Table 2 Gene Ontology categories with increased or decreased gene expression during starvation

From: Quantitative genomics of starvation stress resistance in Drosophila

Gene Ontology category

Number of probe sets

P-value*

 

Upregulated

Downregulated

 

Biological process

   

Cell growth and/or maintenance

   

Biosynthesis

119

31

< 0.0001

Protein metabolism

220

95

< 0.0001

Development

12

35

6.48 × 10-4†

Behavior

1

9

8.10 × 10-3‡

Molecular function

   

Binding

   

Nucleotide binding

76

38

3.36 × 10-4

Defense/immunity protein

3

18

6.55 × 10-4

Enzymes

   

Hydrolase

   

Acting on acid anhydrides

77

42

1.25 × 10-3

Peptidase

50

104

1.12 × 10-5

Structure

   

Cuticle structure

1

14

3.09 × 10-4

Ribosome structure

84

3

< 0.0001

Transporter

   

Carrier

46

84

8.05 × 10-4

Signal transducer

2

12

5.67 × 10-3†

  1. *Significant after Bonferroni correction; †significant for females only; ‡significant for males only.
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