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Table 5 Classification of the annotated ESTs for each library.

From: Systematic sequencing of mRNA from the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and first tissue specific transcriptional signature

#

Process

Head

Abdomen

Photophores

Thoracopods

  

# ESTs

%

# ESTs

%

# ESTs

%

# ESTs

%

1

DNA replication

3

1.43

2

0.90

2

0.88

1

0.45

2

Transcription

3

1.43

6

2.71

5

2.19

2

0.90

3

Translation

69

32.86

65

29.41

126

55.26

103

46.40

4

Transport

5

2.38

12

5.43

7

3.07

8

3.60

5

Metabolic process

22

10.48

16

7.24

14

6.14

21

9.46

6

Proteolysis, protein folding and modification

12

5.71

6

2.71

14

6.14

16

7.21

7

Striated muscle contraction

11

5.24

57

25.79

12

5.26

15

6.76

8

Signal transduction

4

1.90

1

0.45

3

1.32

1

0.45

9

Structural constituent of cuticle

13

6.19

1

0.45

7

3.07

9

4.05

10

Cell growth, proliferation and adhesion

2

0.95

3

1.36

2

0.88

5

2.25

11

Ion Binding

4

1.90

0

0.00

1

0.44

0

0.00

12

Hypotetical protein

4

1.90

6

2.71

6

2.63

0

0.00

13

Mitochondrial genes

58

27.62

46

20.81

29

12.72

41

18.47

 

Total

210

100.00

221

100.00

228

100.00

222

100.0

  1. Table showing the number and the percentage of ESTs in each functional category for each tissue specific library