Table 1.

Number of genes showing significant increase or decrease (more than 2-fold) during encystation and excystation

	No. of increase	No. of decrease	Total
En 8a/Troi	1,947	1,874	3,821
En 16b/Tro	2,365	2,191	4,556
En 24c/Tro	2,523	2,399	4,922
En 48d/Tro	2,009	1,861	3,870
Ex 8e/Tro	1,842	1,492	3,334
Ex 16f/Tro	2,182	1,718	3,900
Ex 24g/Tro	2,113	1,800	3,913
Ex 48h/Tro	3,682	3,123	6,805
Ex 8/En 48	1,214	1,163	2,377
Ex 16/En 48	1,414	1,219	2,633
Ex 24/En 48	1,045	986	2,031
Ex 48/En 48	3,403	2,526	5,929

^aEn 8, Encystation 8 h.

^bEn 16, Encystation 16 h.

^cEn 24, Encystation 24 h.

^dEn 48, Encystation 48 h.

^eEx 8, Excystation 8 h.

^FEx 16, Excystation 16 h.

^gEx 24, Excystation 24 h.

^hEx 48, Excystation 48 h.

ⁱTro, Trophozoite.