Table 1 Classification of EST functional class categories based on similarity searches with NCBI protein database.
Category | No. of ESTs |
|---|---|
Total no. of ESTs | 1412 (100%) |
Immune-related | 432 (31%) |
Housekeeping genes and other genes not involved in immunity | 569 (39%) |
Hypothetical/unknown insect proteins | 135 (9.5%) |
Hypothetical/unknown non-insect proteins | 50 (3.5%) |
Weak homology in NCBI* | 170 (12%) |
No homology in NCBI | 56 (3.9%) |