Table 3.

Biological processes associated with differentially expressed cellular genes.

Biological process*	Time pi (h)§
	T1	T2	T4	T8
Protein metabolism and modification (BP00060)	1	26	311	768
Nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid metabolism (BP00031)	3	22	321	702
Developmental processes (BP00193)	8	16	224	487
Signal transduction (BP00102)	5	14	337	737
Transport (BP00141)	1	13	139	308
Cell cycle (BP00203)	2	12	124	262
Immunity and defense (BP00148)	1	11	120	309
Intracellular protein traffic (BP00125)	2	10	115	266
Cell structure and motility (BP00285)	2	7	119	279
Cell proliferation and differentiation (BP00224)	2	6	100	215
Other metabolism (BP00289)	2	6	71	159
Apoptosis (BP00179)	0	6	61	132
Cell adhesion (BP00124)	0	5	68	136
Carbohydrate metabolism (BP00001)	0	3	67	165
Amino acid metabolism (BP00013)	1	3	36	70
Protein targeting and localization (BP00137)	1	3	25	65
Blood circulation and gas exchange (BP00209)	0	3	9	26
Oncogenesis (BP00281)	0	2	57	116
Neuronal activities (BP00166)	1	2	50	106
Lipid, fatty acid and steroid metabolism (BP00019)	0	1	71	183
Electron transport (BP00076)	0	1	32	69
Muscle contraction (BP00173)	0	1	26	55
Sensory perception (BP00182)	0	1	25	60
Coenzyme and prosthetic group metabolism (BP00081)	0	1	19	46
Miscellaneous (BP00211)	0	1	12	30
Phosphate metabolism (BP00095)	0	1	8	27
Sulfur metabolism (BP00101)	0	1	8	22
Nitrogen metabolism (BP00090)	0	1	5	5
Non-vertebrate process (BP00301)	0	0	1	3
Homeostasis (BP00267)	0	0	16	49
Biological process unclassified (BP00216)	7	40	549	1232
Number of analyzed genes	24	141	1272	4458

^§ The number of genes from the Qiagen_NRSP8 microarray found in Panther database is reported at each time point for each biological process.

*The same focus gene may exist in different biological processes.