Identification and expression of differentially expressed genes in the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, in response to quahog parasite unknown (QPX)

Table 3 Summary of the results of Student's t-tests of gene expression data.

	14 days				28 days				48 days
	Mantle		Gills		Mantle		Gills		Mantle		Gills
	w-QPX	u-QPX	w-QPX	u-QPX	w-QPX	u-QPX	w-QPX	u-QPX	w-QPX	u-QPX	w-QPX	u-QPX
hemocyte defensin			+
big defensin											+++
lysozyme					+		++				+	---
C1q – TNF related protein			+
TRAF-6											--
Toll-like receptor							-
RACK-1	+++				+++	+++		+		+	++	+++
peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor					+							+
HSP70			-			+
stress-induced protein STI					+
ferritin			-								++	+
metallothionein						++					-	+++
actin			+		++
AP-1					++		+				++
elongation factor beta	+++								-		---	+++
NADH sub-unit IV								+
senescente associated protein											--	+
cytochrome P450 like TBP	+++								-

Symbols + and - respectively indicate significant increase or decrease of gene expression compared to controls and the number of symbols for each condition refers to the p-value: + or -: p < 0.05, ++ or --: p < 0.01 and +++ or ---: p < 0.001.

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