Table 2. Gene ontology classification into biological process of all genes significantly (p<0.05) differentially expressed in response to 1 mM and 100 pM melatonin.
| 1 mM Melatonin | 100 pM Melatonin | ||||
| GO Slim ID | Biological Process | up-regulated | down-regulated | up-regulated | down-regulated |
| GO:0009987 | cellular process | 57.73 | 57.40 | 43.33 | 55.32 |
| GO:0008152 | metabolic process | 50.72 | 51.59 | 50.00 | 53.19 |
| GO:0006950 | response to stress | 42.27 | 16.74 | 30.00 | 29.79 |
| GO:0009058 | biosynthetic process | 28.60 | 35.82 | 23.33 | 31.91 |
| GO:0009719 | response to endogenous stimulus | 25.00 | 9.13 | 23.33 | 12.77 |
| GO:0009607 | response to biotic stimulus | 23.92 | 6.64 | 13.33 | 14.89 |
| GO:0007154 | cell communication | 23.56 | 8.85 | 6.67 | 14.89 |
| GO:0006810 | transport | 23.20 | 14.38 | 10.00 | 12.77 |
| GO:0007165 | signal transduction | 21.94 | 6.50 | 3.33 | 10.64 |
| GO:0009628 | response to abiotic stimulus | 21.76 | 17.43 | 23.33 | 17.02 |
| GO:0008150 | Biological process * | 18.88 | 23.79 | 23.33 | 21.28 |
| GO:0016043 | cellular component organization | 15.65 | 17.15 | 3.33 | 17.02 |
| GO:0019538 | protein metabolic process | 12.59 | 11.62 | 3.33 | 19.15 |
| GO:0009056 | catabolic process | 12.05 | 10.79 | 20.00 | 6.38 |
| GO:0007275 | multicellular organismal development | 11.87 | 17.29 | 10.00 | 12.77 |
| GO:0008219 | cell death | 10.61 | 1.94 | 3.33 | 8.51 |
| GO:0019748 | secondary metabolic process | 8.99 | 7.61 | 10.00 | 4.26 |
| GO:0006139 | nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process | 8.45 | 22.13 | 13.33 | 14.89 |
| GO:0006464 | cellular protein modification process | 7.37 | 7.05 | 0 | 10.64 |
| GO:0009605 | response to external stimulus | 6.83 | 4.01 | 3.33 | 6.38 |
| GO:0006629 | lipid metabolic process | 5.58 | 9.68 | 13.33 | 8.51 |
| GO:0000003 | reproduction | 4.86 | 5.39 | 0 | 4.26 |
| GO:0009791 | post-embryonic development | 4.86 | 9.68 | 3.33 | 4.26 |
| GO:0005975 | carbohydrate metabolic process | 4.32 | 13.69 | 3.33 | 4.26 |
| GO:0009653 | anatomical structure morphogenesis | 4.14 | 10.93 | 3.33 | 4.26 |
| GO:0009991 | response to extracellular stimulus | 3.60 | 1.94 | 3.33 | 6.38 |
| GO:0040007 | growth | 3.60 | 5.81 | 0 | 4.26 |
| GO:0016049 | cell growth | 2.70 | 3.46 | 0 | 2.13 |
| GO:0030154 | cell differentiation | 2.34 | 5.39 | 3.33 | 2.13 |
| GO:0019725 | cellular homeostasis | 1.98 | 2.49 | 3.33 | 0 |
| GO:0006091 | generation of precursor metabolites and energy | 1.62 | 8.16 | 3.33 | 0 |
| GO:0009908 | flower development | 1.62 | 3.04 | 0.00 | 4.26 |
| GO:0009790 | embryo development | 1.26 | 1.52 | 0.00 | 2.13 |
| GO:0015979 | photosynthesis | 1.26 | 9.68 | 6.67 | 2.13 |
| GO:0007049 | cell cycle | 1.08 | 1.80 | 0 | 2.13 |
| GO:0006259 | DNA metabolic process | 0.90 | 2.21 | 0 | 0 |
| GO:0009838 | abscission | 0.54 | 0.14 | 0 | 2.13 |
| GO:0009856 | pollination | 0.54 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 |
| GO:0040029 | regulation of gene expression, epigenetic | 0.36 | 1.11 | 0 | 2.13 |
| GO:0006412 | translation | 0.18 | 1.80 | 0 | 4.26 |
| GO:0009606 | tropism | 0.18 | 0.69 | 0 | 0 |
| GO:0007267 | cell-cell signaling | 0 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 |
| GO:0009875 | pollen-pistil interaction | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
Genes were classified using AmiGO GO slimmer. The proportion of genes assigned to each category was calculated by dividing the number of genes assigned to a category by the total number of differentially expressed genes for each treatment. Genes may be classified into one or more GO Slim Term.
*Indicates biological process is unknown.