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Table 2 BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF GENES REPRESENTED IN LIBRARIES*

From: Differential gene expression in abdomens of the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, after sugar feeding, blood feeding and Plasmodium berghei infection

 

Total S

Total RB

Total IRB

Metabolism

   

Simple/Complex Carbohydrate Metabolism and Transport

21 (28)†

15 (17)

13 (15)

Oxidative Phosphorylation

41 (64)

38 (61)

30 (69)

Lysosomal Enzymatic Digestion

1 (2)

0

4 (4)

Protein Digestion

13 (63)

7 (49)

11 (63)

Protein Modification, Metabolism, Transport and Localization

42 (54)

38 (49)

39 (63)

Amino Acid and Derivative Metabolism and Transport

10 (13)

6 (10)

16 (20)

Nucleobase/Nucleoside/Nucleotide/Nucleic acid Metabolism and Transport

9 (21)

10 (12)

13 (19)

Fatty Acid/Lipid Metabolism and Transport

9 (11)

8 (8)

5 (6)

Vitamin/Vitamin Derivative/Cofactor Metabolism and Transport

2 (3)

2 (3)

2 (2)

Xenobiotic Metabolism and Transport

5 (5)

7 (8)

5 (6)

Pigment Synthesis and Transport

1 (1)

2 (2)

4 (5)

Other

3 (4)

6 (6)

3 (3)

Total

157 (269)

139 (225)

145 (275)

Transport

   

Ion Transport

10 (11)

14 (16)

12 (14)

Receptor-mediated Endocytosis

7 (10)

4 (4)

6 (11)

Total

17 (21)

18 (20)

18 (25)

Protein Synthesis

   

Transcription and mRNA Processing

17 (23)

19 (20)

19 (21)

Translation

108 (436)

97 (325)

115 (482)

Protein Folding

14 (24)

19 (21)

10 (13)

Total

139 (483)

135 (366)

144 (516)

Cellular Processes

   

Cell Cycle

14 (17)

10 (13)

6 (11)

Cellular Proliferation

4 (4)

2 (2)

3 (3)

Chromatin Assembly/Disassembly

4 (6)

5 (7)

5 (10)

Apoptosis

2 (2)

2 (2)

5 (7)

Senescence

2 (3)

0

1 (2)

Viral Life Cycle

1 (1)

1 (1)

0

Total

27 (33)

20(25)

20 (33)

Egg Production

   

Vitellogenesis/Oogenesis/Embryogenesis

29 (33)

24 (40)

27 (60)

Melanization

0

1 (1)

0

Total

29 (33)

25 (41)

27 (60)

Cellular Communication

   

Signal Transduction

11 (14)

5 (7)

6 (12)

Cell-cell Signaling

4 (7)

4 (4)

2 (3)

Total

15 (21)

9 (11)

8 (15)

Intra-/Extra-cellular Architecture Maintenance

   

Structural

8 (35)

11 (24)

6 (30)

Muscle-related

6 (6)

4 (5)

7 (8)

Cell Adhesion

3 (3)

3 (3)

1 (1)

Cytoskeleton Organization and Biogenesis

4 (6)

12 (17)

12 (18)

Total

21 (50)

30 (49)

26 (57)

Response to Stress/External Stimulus

   

Response to Oxidative Stress

7 (9)

8 (11)

14 (29)

Immune/Defense Response

11 (29)

9 (15)

14 (20)

Chemosensory Perception

3 (3)

1 (1)

1 (1)

Total

21 (41)

18 (27)

29 (50)

Unknown

   

Total

573 (776)

326 (415)

430 (663)

  1. *This analysis does not take into account that some genes are represented in more than 1 library or that more than one biological process may have been ascribed to particular genes.
  2. †Number of Contigs containing one or more ESTs (total ESTs/genes).