De novo transcriptome sequencing of axolotl blastema for identification of differentially expressed genes during limb regeneration

Table 2 Comparison of the sequence numbers of transforming growth factor-β s, fibroblast growth factors, and hox genes identified in this study and in an EST database

Gene name	^aNumber of sequences had a hit with nr database	^bNumber of known sequences from NCBI nucleotide database	^cNumber of known sequences in an EST sequencing project[13]
Transforming growth factor-βs	6	1	1
Fibroblast growth factors	8	5	2
Hox genes	28	7	1

a Number of sequences obtained in this study that have a hit with the corresponding proteins in the NCBI nr database.
b Number of sequences from NCBI nr database hit in a that show homology with corresponding proteins from NCBI nucleotide database (to July 2012).
c Number of sequences that can be identified in an EST database established by an ambystoma mexicanum EST sequencing project [13].

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