Table 1 Percentage of unigenes within expression clusters in each functional category.

A

Functions that many kinds of cells use

AI

Transportation and binding proteins for ions and other small molecules

1.4

0.0

4.3

6.4

4.7

3.4

AII

RNA processing, polymerising, splicing, and binding proteins and enzymes

7.0

1.8

2.5

1.3

4.7

0.5

AIII

Cell replication; histones, cyclins and allied kinases DNA polymerases, topoisomerases, DNA modification

9.8

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

AIV

Cytoskeleton and membrane proteins

3.9

4.5

6.2

3.8

4.7

6.8

AV

Protein synthesis cofactors, tRNA synthetase, ribosomal proteins

2.5

7.2

3.1

0.0

2.3

29.1

AVI

Intermediary synthesis and catabolism enzymes

8.3

13.5

27.2

17.9

11.6

16.0

AVII

Stress response, detoxification and cell defence proteins (GFPs in here)

0.4

2.7

1.2

1.3

0.0

1.9

AVIII

Protein degradation and processing, proteases, apoptosis related

4.0

3.6

2.5

2.6

0.0

1.5

AIX

Transportation and binding proteins for proteins and other macromolecules

3.3

1.8

0.6

5.1

0.0

1.5

B

Cell-cell communication

BI

Signalling receptors, including cytokine and hormone receptors and signalling ligands

1.9

3.6

4.9

2.6

2.3

0.5

BII

Intracellular signal transduction pathway molecules including kinases and signal intermediates

10.5

0.9

5.6

1.3

9.3

0.5

BIII

Extracellular matrix proteins and cell adhesion

0.9

14.4

6.8

7.7

4.7

3.4

C

Transcription factors and other gene regulatory proteins

CI

Sequence-specific DNA binding proteins

3.3

0.0

0.6

1.3

4.7

1.0

CII

Non-DNA-binding proteins with positive or negative regulatory roles

1.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

CIII

Chromatin proteins other than AIII with regulatory function

0.7

0.0

0.6

0.0

4.7

0.0

D

Not enough information to classify

40.8

45.9

33.3

48.7

46.5

34.0