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Table 3 Categories of proteins potentially involved in blood meal digestion

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

Putative Biological Function

Total transcripts

Total

Unfed/2 d fed

6 d fed

   

Number of ESTs

Oxidative Stress

17

32

9

23

Peptidase Inhibitors

9

10

3

7

Total Peptidases

26

38

9

29

Serine Peptidase

5

6

0

6

Aspartyl Peptidase

3

4

0

4

Cysteine Peptidase

14

24

5

19

Metallopeptidase

4

4

4

0

Lipids

11

17

10

7

Carbohydrate digestion

4

6

1

5

Immunity

8

37

10

27

Iron/heme Metabolism

3

6

5

1

Secreted

5

7

5

2