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Table 1 Major categories of biological functions

From: Exploring the mialome of ticks: an annotated catalogue of midgut transcripts from the hard tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Biological Function

ESTs

Transcripts

Transcripts

No. of ESTs

ESTs per Transcript

   

unfed/2 d fed

6 d fed

unfed/2 d fed

6 d fed

unfed/2 d fed

6 d fed

cytoskeletal

17

17

10

7

10

7

1

1

extracellular matrix

11

6

6

1

7

4

1.17

4

immunity

35

7

4

5

10

25

2.50

5.00

lipid binding

4

4

3

1

3

1

1.00

1.00

metabolism, amino acid

36

24

5

21

6

30

1.20

1.43

metabolism, carbohydrate

12

9

3

7

3

9

1.00

1.29

metabolism, energy

163

70

39

44

118

45

3.03

1.02

metabolism, heme

5

2

2

0

5

0

2.50

0.00

metabolism, lipid

17

14

3

12

3

14

1.00

1.17

metabolism, nucleic/nucleotide

1

1

0

1

0

1

0.00

1.00

nuclear regulation

20

11

6

8

9

11

1.50

1.38

proline rich protein

5

5

4

1

4

1

1.00

1.00

peptidase inhibitor

10

9

3

6

3

7

1.00

1.17

proteasome machinery

7

7

3

4

3

4

1.00

1.00

protein export machinery

6

6

1

5

1

5

1.00

1.00

protein modification machinery

47

35

15

21

17

30

1.13

1.43

protein synthesis machinery

655

99

68

49

393

262

5.78

5.35

secreted

112

46

29

22

44

68

1.52

3.09

signal transduction

14

13

8

6

8

6

1.00

1.00

transcription factor

8

7

4

4

4

4

1.00

1.00

transcription machinery

10

10

8

2

8

2

1.00

1.00

transporter

20

15

5

11

8

12

1.60

1.09

transposable element

1

1

0

1

0

1

0.00

1.00

Uncharacterized conserved function

24

21

14

9

15

9

1.07

1.00

Unknown

439

396

212

192

226

213

1.07

1.11

Total

1679

835

455

440

908

771

1.40

1.58