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Table 7 Common differentially expressed transcripts from 454 and Illumina sequencing analyses

From: Comparative RNA seq analysis of the New Zealand glowworm Arachnocampa luminosa reveals bioluminescence-related genes

Rank (Illumina)

Transcript number (Illumina)

Rank (454)

Contig number (454)

Protein size (kDa)

Putative identity from BLASTX search hits

Speculative function

1

64201-seq1

7

12325

58.6

acyl-CoA synthetase/luciferin 4-monooxygenase

bioluminescence catalysis

2

62762

3,4

10195, 13441

59.0

acyl-CoA synthetase/luciferin 4-monooxygenase

bioluminescence catalysis

3

60014

8

2377

45.0

aminoacylase

processing of bioluminescent substrate

4

51138

1

16656

20.1

phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein

ATP binding

5

64201-seq2

2

12303

58.2

acyl-CoA synthetase/luciferin 4-monooxygenase

bioluminescence catalysis

6

56768

5

12283

25.0

glutathione S-transferase

directly or indirectly involving glutathione in bioluminescence