An insight into the sialome of Glossina morsitans morsitans

BMC Genomics

Table 1 Functional classification of transcripts from the salivary glands of Glossina morsitans morsitans

Class	Number of Contigs	Percent of contigs	Number of ESTs	Percent of ESTs	EST's/Contig
Housekeeping	5109	60.06	14427	63.29	2.82
Secreted	550	6.47	4582	20.10	8.33
Transposable element	95	1.12	162	0.71	1.71
Viral	12	0.14	29	0.13	2.42
Microbial	7	0.08	8	0.04	1.14
Unknown	2733	32.13	3586	15.73	1.31
Total	8506	100	22794	100

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