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Table 2 Defence and immune-related annotated ESTs from turbot libraries

From: Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from immune tissues of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) challenged with pathogens

Genes

No. unique sequences

%

Complement related

16

7.9

Apoptosis related

10

4.9

Immunoglobulin related

8

3.9

Glutathione S-transferase

7

3.5

Elastase

6

2.9

Cytochrome P450

6

2.9

Major histocompatibility complex

5

2.5

Coagulation factor

5

2.5

Interferon related

3

1.5

Perforin

3

1.5

Hepcidin precursor

3

1.5

Nephrosin

3

1.5

Alpha-2-macroglobulin

3

1.5

Other genes

119

58.6

Total

203

24.9

  1. "No. unique sequences" refers to the total amount of the different annotated contigs and singletons for each gene class listed in the Table. "Total percentage" of defence/immune-related genes is referred to the number of unique annotated sequences from turbot libraries (816).