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. 2008 Nov 18;37(1):1–11. doi: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.90360.2008

Table 1.

Iterative Group Analysis of gene families up- and downregulated by dietary salt stress

Gene Ontology Code Group
% Gene Family Changed at Sample Time, h
4 8 16 32
A. Upregulated gene families
0008745-N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase activity immune 25
0006955-immune response immune 11
0045087-innate immune response immune 14
0042742-defense response to bacterium immune 14
0050829-defense response to Gram-negative bacterium immune 18
0050830-defense response to Gram-positive bacterium immune 9
0019731-antibacterial humoral response immune 25
0009253-peptidoglycan catabolic process immune 25
0042834-peptidoglycan binding immune 25
0030342-1-a,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3) 24-hydroxylase activity 100
0004558-alpha-glucosidase activity sugar 25 42 42 50
0043169-cation binding 10 10 16 14
0004613-phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) activity 100 100 100 100
0004611-phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity 100 100 100 100
0006094-gluconeogenesis sugar 40
0017076-purine nucleotide binding 40
0004364-glutathione transferase activity 13
0008643-carbohydrate transport sugar 9 9
0005355-glucose transmembrane transporter activity sugar 18 24
0005351-sugar:hydrogen ion symporter activity 11 14
0006006-glucose metabolic process sugar 27 27 27
0005792-microsome 4
0009063-amino acid catabolic process AA 17
0016798-hydrolase activity, acting on glycosyl bonds sugar 11
0005996-monosaccharide metabolic process sugar 22 17
0009113-purine base biosynthetic process 75 75
0006144-purine base metabolic process 9 15
0003939-L-iditol 2-dehydrogenase activity 100 100
0006164-purine nucleotide biosynthetic process 40 50
0006189-'de novo' IMP biosynthetic process 43 57
0006012-galactose metabolic process sugar 50 50
0008652-amino acid biosynthetic process AA 10
0004477-methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase activity 100
0009072-aromatic amino acid family metabolic process AA 38
0004488-methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase. (NADP+) activity 100
0006559-L-phenylalanine catabolic process AA 50
B. Downregulated gene families
0005730-nucleolus 12
0008143-poly(A) binding 20
0005616-larval serum protein complex 33
0005344-oxygen transporter activity 14
0045735-nutrient reservoir activity 25
0046870-cadmium ion binding 67 67
0005786-signal recognition particle, endoplasmic reticulum targeting 27
0004035-alkaline phosphatase activity 23
0005316-high affinity inorganic phosphate:sodium symporter activity 22
0005048-signal sequence binding 75
0006621-protein retention in ER 100
0050830-defense response to Gram-positive bacterium immune 17
0045087-innate immune response immune 15 10
0006955-immune response immune 13 7
0042742-defense response to bacterium immune 16 11
0050829-defense response to Gram-negative bacterium immune 27 18
0019731-antibacterial humoral response immune 32 21
0005784-translocon complex 43 43
0042562-hormone binding 67 67
0007321-sperm displacement reprod. 50 75
0045861-negative regulation of proteolysis 50 63
0007610-behavior 13 23
0004182-carboxypeptidase A activity 17
0007305-vitelline membrane formation in chorion-containing eggshell reprod. 57
0007343-egg activation reprod. 33
0008316-structural constituent of vitelline membrane reprod. 100
0004181-metallocarboxypeptidase activity 33
0004263-chymotrypsin activity 18 23
0004806-triacylglycerol lipase activity 11 16
0008970-phospholipase A1 activity 30 20
0016045-detection of bacterium immune 33
0004867-serine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity 12
0016298-lipase activity 16
0046692-sperm competition reprod. 50
0042600-chorion reprod. 38
0005213-structural constituent of chorion reprod. 78
0007306-eggshell chorion formation reprod. 36

Gene families that are significantly (by iterative group analysis, Ref. 9) overrepresented in either the up- or downregulated groups are ordered by time of onset and are highlit with the following names: immune, immune/defence response; reprod, reproduction; sugar, carbohydrate metabolism; AA, amino acid metabolism. Note that, because of the limitations and hierarchical nature of gene ontology annotation, there is substantial overlap between the genes reported under related headings. Nonetheless, the trends should be clear.