Differential transcript expression between the microfilariae of the filarial nematodes, Brugia malayi and B. pahangi

Table 1 Nucleotide sequence similarity between B. pahangi and B. malayi genes.

Accession #	*Brugia* Gene	Identical	Total	% Identity	Gaps
AF013991	TGF-b type I receptor	1912	1942	98	2
U45314	Microfilarial sheath protein	1883	2007	93	55
AJ005784	Heat shock protein 90	1796	1822	98	6
AAS18673	Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase precusor	1756	1773	99	0
X69128	Glutathione peroxidase	1504	1582	98	45
M27191	Heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) mRNA	1202	1228	97	7
AF031819	Cathepsin L-like cysteine protease	1133	1188	95	10
U59690	Chitinase partial CDs	1126	1153	97	8
AJ249374	Brugia pahangi col-1 gene cuticular collagen	864	870	99	0
AF091046	Nuclear hormone receptor DNA binding protein	772	780	98	3
AJ130821	Alt-1 protein	617	636	97	3
AJ271611	Cytochrome oxidase subunit I partial CDs	573	632	90	6
X76283	Extracellular Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase	550	584	94	17
X87901	Small heat shock protein	525	534	98	0
X76284	Cytosolic Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase	483	493	97	2
AY050257	Fatty acid retinoid binding protein precursor (far-1) mRNA	474	477	99	0
X91065	Cytidine deaminase	399	402	99	0
EF413918	Myosin partial CDs	384	390	98	1
X95663	Elongation factor 1 alpha partial CDs	365	375	97	1
EF413922	Pyruvate dehydrogenase partial CDs	338	339	99	0
AJ012618	Brugia pahangi cut-1 gene	244	252	96	0
AJ224966	Brugia pahangi mRNA for tropomyosin	170	171	99	0
	Total	19070	19630	(Avg) 97

The partial or complete nucleotide sequences of twenty-two B. pahangi genes deposited in GenBank were run on the NCBI's nucleotide BLAST program. The output of the BLAST analysis assigned to the corresponding B. malayi gene is shown above.

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