Table 4 Gene Ontology analysis: unfused compared to fused sutures

Cell adhesion

32

1.95 × 10^-12

   Cell matrix adhesion

4

6.53 × 10^-3

Cell communication

   Cell surface receptor linked signal transduction

25

4.45 × 10^-3

   Dopamine metabolism

2

6.63 × 10^-4

   Phosphoinsitide-mediated signalling

8

4.58 × 10^-3

Cell differentiation

   Heme biosynthesis

3

6.96 × 10^-3

   Lymphocyte differentiation

6

1.27 × 10^-3

Cellular physiological process

   Anion transport

11

4.92 × 10^-6

   Cell cycle

42

4.72 × 10^-5

   Cell motility

11

2.70 × 10^-4

   Extracellular matrix organisation and biosynthesis

4

1.11 × 10^-3

   Microtubule based process

10

7.35 × 10^-3

   Regulation of phosphorylation

3

5.30 × 10^-3

Morphogenesis

18

5.34 × 10^-4

   Cellular morphogenesis

9

5.60 × 10^-3

   Mesoderm formation

2

4.46 × 10^-3

   Organ morphogenesis

8

7.46 × 10^-3

Organ development

23

3.45 × 10^-7

   Cartilage condensation

2

5.89 × 10^-3

   Eye development

3

4.98 × 10^-4

   Muscle development

6

2.52 × 10^-3

   Skeletal development

11

1.18 × 10^-6

Regulation of development

   Negative regulation of development

3

2.28 × 10^-3

Response to abiotic stimulus

   Response to chemical stimulus

20

7.31 × 10^-3

   Response to reactive oxygen species

3

5.21 × 10^-3

Response to biotic stimulus

116

5.73 × 10^-41

   Defence response to bacteria

11

5.2 x10^-9

   Defence response to fungi

3

1.65 × 10^-3

   Response to virus

7

9.11 × 10^-3

   Immune response

100

1.61 × 10^-34

   Humoral immune response

22

1.57 × 10^-8

   Inflammatory response

23

3.08 × 10^-7