Table 1.

Functional Categories of Transcripts in Rice (var Pokkali) Represented in Root cDNA Libraries

	No Stressa		NaCl Stressb
Major Functional Categories	No.	%	No.	%
Unclassified proteins	354	32.0	590	41.6
Protein synthesis	253	22.9	152	10.7
Metabolism	109	9.9	142	10.0
No hit	94	8.5	230	16.2
Cellular organization	59	5.3	36	2.5
Protein destination	59	5.3	51	3.6
Signal transduction	45	4.1	41	2.9
Energy	29	2.6	39	2.8
Transcription	29	2.6	17	1.2
Transport facilitation	24	2.2	44	3.1
Cell rescue, defense, and aging	22	2.0	40	2.8
Cell growth and division	13	1.2	18	1.3
Cellular biogenesis	10	0.9	12	0.8
Intracellular transport	6	0.5	6	0.4
Total	1,106	100	1,418	100

^aOC library (no stress).

^bCombined OD, OE, and OF libraries (stress).