Table 1.
Some of the major transcripts from clustering analysis of the microarray data
| Transcript | Description |
| Cluster 1: highly enriched in sporocysts | |
| TC16551 | Similar to 90 kDa heat shock protein |
| TC13362 | Homologue to 40S ribosomal protein S14 |
| TC16641 | Homologue to elongation factor 1-alpha |
| TC13505 | Homologue to AUT1 |
| TC10547 | Homologue to ribosomal protein S8 |
| TC17388 | Similar to ribosomal protein S15a |
| TC7475 | Similar to 60S ribosomal protein L8 |
| TC11590 | Ubiquitin/ribosomal fusion protein |
| TC7403 | Similar to 60S ribosomal protein L30 |
| TC9217 | Weakly similar to cathepsin L-like cysteine proteinase |
| TC17720 | Similar to putative high mobility group-like nuclear protein 2 |
| TC11170 | Similar to Usmg5 protein |
| Cluster 2: highly enriched in sporocysts and enriched in adults | |
| TC10486 | Glutathione S-transferase 28 kDa (SM28 antigen) |
| TC11169 | Similar to Usmg5 protein |
| TC13573 | 23 kDa integral membrane protein (SM23) |
| TC7377 | Similar to Y-box binding protein |
| TC16738 | 14-3-3 protein homolog 1 |
| TC6863 | Homologue to 14-3-3 protein homolog 1 |
| TC8189 | Similar to dynein 8 kDa light chain flagellar outer arm |
| TC13511 | Homologue to AUT1 |
| TC13698 | 40S rRNA protein homolog |
| TC16537 | Heat shock 70 kDa homolog protein (HSP70) (major surface antigen |
| TC10528 | Probable dynein light chain (T-cell-stimulating antigen SM10) |
| TC11430 | Thioredoxin |
| TC10691 | Thioredoxin peroxidase |
| TC16806 | Similar to NADH dehydrogenase 6 |
| TC7615 | Similar to ATP synthase lipid-binding protein-like protein |
| TC11552 | Homologue to cytochrome b |
| Cluster 3: highly enriched in sporocysts and enriched in cercariae | |
| TC13775 | Antigen SM21.7 |
| TC13518 | Homologue to NADH dehydrogenase subunit |
| TC17477 | Homologue to NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 |
| TC17193 | Similar to NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 |
| TC13722 | Homologue to NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 |
| TC16807 | Homologue to NADH dehydrogenase 6 |
| TC7310 | Homologue to cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 |
| TC14303 | Homologue to ATPase subunit 6 |
| TC16782 | Enolase |
| TC16557 | Myosin heavy chain - fluke |
| TC10480 | Elastase |
| TC8910 | Tubulin beta-2 chain. |
| TC17016 | Stathmin-like protein |
| TC7850 | Similar to actin-filament fragmenting protein |
| TC7158 | Similar to fibrillarin |
| Cluster 4: highly enriched in sporocysts and cercariae | |
| TC13565 | Myosin light chain |
| TC16878 | Similar to glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase [NAD+] cytoplasmic |
| TC17004 | Homologue to cytochrome c |
| TC16870 | ATP:guanidino kinase SMC74 (EC 2.7.3.-; ATP:guanidino phosphotransferase) |
| TC17192 | Homologue to NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4 |
| Cluster 5: enriched in sporocysts and highly enriched in adults | |
| TC16575 | Major egg antigen |
| TC8654 | Similar to anti-Mullerian hormone type II receptor precursor |
| TC13882 | Similar to 26S proteasome regulatory subunit |
| Cluster 6: highly enriched in adults | |
| TC10493 | Cathepsin B1 isotype 1 |
| TC13457 | Eggshell protein precursor |
| TC13487 | Homologue to eggshell protein precursor |
| TC13492 | Homologue to eggshell precursor protein |
| TC8804 | Weakly similar to retinoid X receptor RXR-2 |
| TC12198 | Similar to mucin-like protein |
| TC7011 | Similar to putative retroelement |
| TC16781 | Extracellular superoxide dismutase [Cu-Zn] precursor (EC 1.15.1.1; EC-SOD) |
| TC10637 | Weakly similar to aquaporin 9 (small solute channel 1) |
| TC9163 | Similar to serine/threonine-protein kinase unc-51 (EC 2.7.1.-; (uncoordinated protein 5) |
| TC7005 | Similar to putative senescence-associated protein |
Transcripts enriched in specific schistosome stages are organized into six major clusters. For an updated list of the latest version of TC sequences see Additional data file 8.