Table 3 Functional classification of housekeeping transcripts originating from the salivary glands of Simulium guianense
Function | Number of ESTs | Contig | ESTs/Cluster |
|---|---|---|---|
   Protein synthesis | 113 | 71 | 1.6 |
   Energy metabolism | 33 | 28 | 1.2 |
   Signal transduction | 18 | 14 | 1.3 |
   Transporters and storage | 5 | 5 | 1.0 |
   Proteasome machinery | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
   Protein modification machinery | 6 | 6 | 1.0 |
   Protein export machinery | 4 | 4 | 1.0 |
   Nuclear regulation | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
   Nucleotide metabolism | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
   Transcription machinery | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
   Carbohydrate metabolism | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
   Amino acid metabolism | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
   Detoxification metabolism | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
   Cytoskeletal | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
   Unknown conserved | 93 | 28 | 3.3 |
Total | 288 | 172 | Â |