Table 3.

Distribution of differentially expressed genes from the Hw4.5-3 library by functional categories. Functional categorization was performed according to the MIPS database [22, 23] and annotated by the FunCat functional annotation scheme for systematic classification [22, 23]. Grouping of genes into indicated groups is shown as percent (%) of total identified EST from Hw4.5-3 library in descending order of abundance.

Functional category	Description	% N = 95
1	Metabolism	31.6
2	Energy	23.3
12	Protein synthesis	21.1
20	Cellular transport, transport facilitation and transport routes	20.0
10	Cell-cycle and DNA processing	17.8
16	Protein with binding function or cofactor requirement (structural or catalytic)	16.7
14	Protein fate	14.4
34	Interaction with the cellular environment	13.3
42	Biogenesis of cellular components	12.2
40	Cell fate	11.1
32	Cell rescue, defense and virulence	11.1
11	Transcription	10.0
43	Cell type differentiation	6.7
30	Cellular communication/signal transduction mechanism	4.4
41	Development (systemic)	1.1
ND	Not determined/Unknown function	13.5