Comparative transcriptomics of Atlantic Salmo salar, chum Oncorhynchus keta and pink salmon O. gorbuscha during infections with salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis

Table 1 Gene ontology enrichment of systemic responses to lice infection

		GO term	No. genes	p-value	Fold enrich.
*Atl up*	BP	Protein folding	13	1.39E-05	4.7
	MF	ATP binding	36	3.37E-04	1.8
	MF	Metallopeptidase activity	7	1.00E-02	3.8
*Atl down*	BP	Amine metabolic process	13	6.58E-05	4.0
	MF	Enzyme inhibitor activity	7	2.70E-03	4.9
*Chm up*	BP	Amine metabolic process	14	2.20E-05	4.2
	BP	Protein folding	8	4.10E-03	3.9
	MF	ATP binding	22	2.62E-02	1.6
*Chm down*	BP	Immune response	11	3.36E-04	4.0
	BP	Response to virus	5	3.50E-03	7.7
	BP	Antigen processing and presentation of peptide or polysaccharide antigen via MHC class II	4	3.08E-04	27.1
	MF	Carbohydrate binding	8	4.10E-03	3.9
*Pnk up*	BP	Protein folding	13	7.90E-05	4.0
*Pnk down*	BP	Nitrogen compound biosynthetic process	15	8.42E-05	3.5
	BP	Heme biosynthetic process	4	1.30E-03	16.9
	BP	Erythrocyte development	4	1.30E-03	16.9
	BP	Response to virus	5	2.05E-02	4.7
	BP	Immune system process	16	3.37E-02	1.8

Selected Gene Ontology categories enriched in responses occurring generally over the nine days of infection in Atlantic (Atl), chum (Chm), and pink (Pnk) salmon anterior kidney. BP, biological process; MF, molecular function.

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