Table 2 Catalog of specific biological processes statistically over-represented during fiber developmental stages of TM-1 and im mutant (FDR < 0.05)

16 vs. 13 DPA, up-regulated at 16 DPA

TM-1

GO:0009834

Secondary cell wall biogenesis

1.7E-04

GO:0010417

Glucuronoxylan biosynthetic process

2.7E-04

im

NA

NA

NA

16 vs. 13 dpa, up-regulated at 13 DPA

TM-1

GO:0009813

Flavonoid biosynthetic process

7.1E-10

GO:0010466

Negative regulation of peptidase activity

3.1E-02

im

GO:0043617

Cellular response to sucrose starvation

8.9E-04

GO:0006529

Asparagine biosynthetic process

9.3E-04

GO:0009744

Response to sucrose stimulus

9.8E-03

GO:0009646

Response to absence of light

9.8E-03

GO:0009063

Cellular amino acid catabolic process

1.2E-02

GO:0009750

Response to fructose stimulus

1.7E-02

GO:0006541

Glutamine metabolic process

2.2E-02

GO:0009749

Response to glucose stimulus

3.1E-02

GO:0009835

Ripening

3.3E-02

19 vs. 16 DPA, up-regulated at 19 DPA

TM-1

NA

NA

NA

im

GO:0009834

Secondary cell wall biogenesis

1.3E-03

GO:0030244

Cellulose biosynthetic process

6.0E-03

GO:0007047

Cellular cell wall organization

7.9E-03

GO:0010417

Glucuronoxylan biosynthetic process

4.1E-02

19 vs. 16 DPA, up-regulated at 16 DPA

TM-1

GO:0010025

Wax biosynthetic process

7.7E-05

GO:0009664

Plant-type cell wall organization

1.6E-02

GO:0006723

Cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process

1.6E-02

GO:0009826

Unidimensional cell growth

3.1E-02

im

GO:0043086

Negative regulation of catalytic activity

2.2E-02

22 vs. 19 DPA, up-regulated at 22 DPA

TM-1

GO:0010200

Response to chitin

2.0E-05

GO:0050832

Defense response to fungus

6.1E-03

GO:0009738

Abscisic acid mediated signaling pathway

2.8E-02

im

GO:0010200

Response to chitin

9.0E-04

GO:0050832

Defense response to fungus

2.9E-02

GO:0001666

Response to hypoxia

3.7E-02

22 vs. 19 DPA, up-regulated at 19 DPA

TM-1

GO:0009834

Secondary cell wall biogenesis

2.2E-03

GO:0016126

Sterol biosynthetic process

1.8E-02

GO:0035435

Phosphate transmembrane transport

2.6E-02

im

GO:0010025

Wax biosynthetic process

1.9E-08

GO:0000038

Very-long-chain fatty acid metabolic process

1.3E-04

GO:0035435

Phosphate transmembrane transport

1.0E-02

GO:0006723

Cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process

4.3E-02

25 vs. 22 DPA, up-regulated at 25 DPA

TM-1

GO:0043617

Cellular response to sucrose starvation

1.5E-02

GO:0006529

Asparagine biosynthetic process

1.5E-02

im

NA

NA

NA

25 vs. 22 DPA, up-regulated at 22 dpa

TM-1

GO:0009809

Lignin biosynthetic process

1.8E-03

im

GO:0010200

Response to chitin

8.0E-17

GO:0010120

Camalexin biosynthetic process

2.3E-02

GO:0050832

Defense response to fungus

4.0E-02

GO:0000169

Activation of MAPK activity involved in osmosensory signaling pathway

4.9E-02