Table 2.
Some major physiological functions of parasites and associated differentially expressed genes found in this study
| Function | Gene | Log2 fold change (p value < 0.001) T. bryosalmonae (brown trout vs. rainbow trout) |
|---|---|---|
| Adherens junctions linking proteins | Catenin beta-like | −3.879 |
| Actin polymerization | ras-like GTP-binding protein Rho1 isoform X2 | −3.985 |
| ras-related GTP-binding protein A | 2.796 | |
| ras-related protein Rac1 | −14.379 | |
| T-cell activation Rho GTPase-activating protein | −1.711 | |
| rho GTPase-activating protein 5 isoform X1 | 1.361 | |
| rho GTPase-activating protein 39-like | 1.948 | |
| rho-associated protein kinase 1 isoform X1 | 1.980 | |
| Afadin isoform X5 | 5.159 | |
| Adhesion molecules | Putative alpha P integrin isoform X1 | −3.688 |
| Neural cell adhesion molecule 2 | 5.028 | |
| Tight junction proteins | Tetraspanin-9 | 1.769 |
| Tetraspanin-4 | 2.245 | |
| Extracellular matrix | fibronectin type-III domain-containing protein 3 A isoform X1 | 1.295 |
| collagen alpha-1 (XII) chain | 3.639 | |
| matrix metalloproteinase-25-like | 3.271 | |
| Integrin-cytoskeleton links | talin-1 isoform X1 | 1.55 |
| alpha-actinin-1 isoform X3 | 2.113 | |
| alpha-actinin, sarcomeric-like isoform X2 | −5.290 | |
| AChain A, X-ray structure of the human alpha-actinin isoform 3 | −3.039 | |
| Nucleotide transporter | adenosine 3’-phospho 5’-phosphosulfate transporter 1 | 4.3565 |
| Amino acid transporters | ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 4-like | 1.801 |
| ATP-binding cassette sub-family A member 12 | 1.537 | |
| high affinity cationic amino acid transporter 1-like | 3.088 | |
| cationic amino acid transporter 2-like | 3.310 | |
| Ion transporters (channel/Pore type transporters) | solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 4A1 isoform X2 | −1.594 |
| vesicular glutamate transporter 2-like | 2.149 | |
| voltage-dependent calcium channel type A subunit alpha-1-like | 4.013 | |
| voltage-dependent N-type calcium channel subunit alpha-1B-like isoform X1 | 5.495 | |
| Ion transporters (ATP driven Na + dependent or cotransporters | Kanadaptin | 1.478 |
| putative glycerol-3-phosphate transporter 5 | 1.407 | |
| Cell signalling | EGF-like domain-containing protein | 6.451 |
| CREB-binding protein | −5.874 |
The table describes some of the key physiological functions of differentially expressed transcripts identified in this study. The log2 fold change of the parasite transcripts between brown trout and rainbow trout at a p value < 0.001 are presented.