Exploring the mialome of ticks: an annotated catalogue of midgut transcripts from the hard tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Table 10 Transcripts associated with iron/heme metabolism and transport

Transcript	Total	6 d fed	Unfed/2 d fed	Sig	Putative Function	Best match to NR protein database	E value
	Number of ESTs
DvM 352	1	1	0	Ind	erythrocyte binding protein	hypothetical protein [R. norvegicus]	0.001
DvM 56	3	0	3	SIG	Ferritin	ferritin heavy chain-2 [C. rotundicauda]	2E-043
DvM 131	2	0	2	Cyt	Ferritin	ferritin [D. variabilis]	3E-094

*Accession number represents transcripts derived from this analysis and submitted to Genbank.

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