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Table 2 Functional classification of the housekeeping transcripts from the salivary glands of Glossina morsitans morsitans

From: An insight into the sialome of Glossina morsitans morsitans

Class

Number of Contigs

Percent of contigs

Number of ESTs

Percent of ESTs

EST's/Contig

Unknown, conserved

1228

14.44

2702

11.85

2.20

Signal transduction

679

7.98

1839

8.07

2.71

Cytoskeletal

220

2.59

1031

4.52

4.69

Metabolism, energy

231

2.72

1019

4.47

4.41

Protein synthesis machinery

276

3.24

901

3.95

3.26

Protein export machinery

295

3.47

857

3.76

2.91

Transporters/storage

284

3.34

838

3.68

2.95

Protein modification machinery

259

3.04

825

3.62

3.19

Transcription machinery

321

3.77

804

3.53

2.50

Nuclear regulation

253

2.97

660

2.90

2.61

Metabolism, carbohydrate

164

1.93

571

2.51

3.48

Transcription factor

236

2.77

529

2.32

2.24

Proteasome machinery

157

1.85

455

2.00

2.90

Metabolism, lipid

172

2.02

454

1.99

2.64

Metabolism, amino acid

82

0.96

255

1.12

3.11

Metabolism, nucleotide

66

0.78

206

0.90

3.12

Oxidant metabolism/detoxication

59

0.69

172

0.75

2.92

Metabolism, intermediate

53

0.62

113

0.50

2.13

Extracellular matrix/cell adhesion

50

0.59

110

0.48

2.20

Immunity

9

0.11

44

0.19

4.89

Heme metabolism

15

0.18

42

0.18

2.80

Total

8506

 

22794

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