Table 7. Up- and down-regulated Chinese fir DEGs by GO function ontology.

GO function ontology	7Y vs. 15Y		7Y vs. 21Y		15Y vs. 21Y
	Up	Down	Up	Down	Up	Down
Catalytic activity	0	1	0	1	600	657
Binding	0	1	1	0	511	561
Transporter activity	0	0	1	0	76	86
Structural molecule activity	0	0	0	0	56	20
Nucleic acid binding transcription factor activity	0	0	0	0	32	29
Electron carrier activity	0	0	0	0	21	15
Molecular transducer activity	0	0	0	0	14	15
Enzyme regulator activity	0	0	0	0	11	8
Antioxidant activity	0	0	0	0	10	9
Receptor activity	0	0	0	0	4	4
Guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity	0	0	0	0	2	2
Protein binding transcription factor activity	0	0	0	0	1	0
Nutrient reservoir activity	0	0	0	0	1	1
Metallochaperone activity	0	0	0	0	0	1