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. 2023 Jun 29;18(6):e0287858. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287858

Table 2. Top twenty genes with annotation upregulated from premetamorphosis (NF50) to metamorphic climax (NF62) in tadpole brain.

Gene symbol Gene title ENSEMBL Log2fold change* Adjusted p value
dio3 deiodinase, iodothyronine, type 3 ENSXETG00000036613 3.275125254 2.94E-40
avt arginine vasotocin** ENSXETG00000017979 2.328280168 1.28E-20
thibz thyroid hormone induced bZip protein ENSXETG00000007922 2.296353968 1.19E-09
spock2 indolethylamine N-methyltransferase ENSXETG00000026030 2.28515105 4.84E-12
vstm5 V-set and transmembrane domain containing 5 ENSXETG00000017117 2.266298133 5.32E-29
phf21a BRAF35-HDAC complex protein BHC80 ENSXETG00000011757 2.214433985 2.69E-32
inhbb inhibin subunit beta B ENSXETG00000036045 2.200045605 1.99E-09
pmepa1 prostate transmembrane protein, androgen induced 1 ENSXETG00000011263 2.195093687 1.46E-24
apoe apolipoprotein E ENSXETG00000035511 2.127879577 8.93E-31
dao D-amino-acid oxidase ENSXETG00000022308 2.112579694 3.37E-24
cyp27a1 cytochrome P450 family 27 subfamily A member 1 ENSXETG00000025024 2.083714291 1.02E-08
p2rx5 purinergic receptor P2X, ligand gated ion channel, 5 ENSXETG00000032944 1.98969067 2.89E-10
cela1.2 chymotrypsin like elastase 1, gene 2 ENSXETG00000039717 1.976354459 2.54E-07
nlrx1 NLR family member X1 ENSXETG00000021586 1.949234863 5.22E-36
arhgap24 Rho GTPase activating protein 24 ENSXETG00000006200 1.887018231 7.6E-09
bhlhe41 basic helix-loop-helix family member e41 ENSXETG00000023482 1.884565228 5.58E-17
arhgap45 Rho GTPase activating protein 45 ENSXETG00000011260 1.877904 6.66E-22
chrm2 cholinergic eceptor muscarinic 2 ENSXETG00000030443 1.877869602 1.87E-12
sbf2 zinc finger protein 816 ENSXETG00000039440 1.825679583 4.21E-11
trpm8 transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily M, member 8 ENSXETG00000026873 1.824899962 3.94E-15

* Log2fold change of 1 = 2 fold increase.

** This gene is mislabeled in the genome database as arginine vasopressin (avp) which is a mammalian gene. The amphibian gene is arginine vasotocin (avt).