Table 1.
Immunity-related products discovered from T. ni EST projects
| TC/EST name | No. of ESTs present | Best BLAST hit/Closest homologue [Species] | Description/Putative Function | Accession no. | BLAST score (E-value) |
| TNI-CON0233 | 23 | Apolipophorin-3 precursor (Apolipophorin-III) [Manduca sexta] | Lipid transport; immune stimulating factor | P13276 | 1.00E-75 |
| TNI-CON0998 | 1 | Apolipophorin-3 precursor (Apolipophorin-III) [Spodoptera littoralis] | Lipid transport; immune stimulating factor | O77248 | 7.00E-15 |
| TNI-CON0275 | 3 | Large subunit arylphorin p76 [Heliothis virescens] | Storage protein; expressed after immune challenge | AAO20844 | 3.00E-77 |
| TNI-CON0268 | 1 | Chemosensory protein 11 [Bombyx mori] | GNBP-like domain; immune responsive | NP_001037068 | 1.00E-33 |
| TNI-HCN384-03G20 | 4 | Beta-1,3-glucan-binding protein 2 precursor (BGBP-2) [Manduca sexta] | Bacterial cell wall binding/recognition protein | Q8ISB6 | 5.00E-52 |
| TNI-CON1186 | 1 | Beta-1,3-glucan-binding protein precursor (BGBP) [Plodia interpunctella] | Bacterial cell wall binding/recognition protein | Q8MU95 | 2.00E-31 |
| TNI-CON0313 | 1 | Beta-1,3-glucan recognition protein [Plodia interpunctella] | Bacterial cell wall binding/recognition protein | AAM95970 | 4.00E-38 |
| TNI-CON1099 | 2 | Beta-1,3-glucan-binding protein precursor (BGBP) [Plodia interpunctella] | Bacterial cell wall binding/recognition protein | Q8MU95 | 1.00E-28 |
| TNI-CON0703 | 3 | KUN-5 [Ixodes pacificus] | Kalicludin-like; Kunitz family of serine protease inhibitors | AAT92116 | 6.00E-12 |
| TNI-HCN384-03D11 | 2 | Kunitz-like protease inhibitor precursor [Ancylostoma caninum] | Kalicludin-like; Kunitz family of serine protease inhibitors | AAN10061 | 2.00E-10 |
| TNI-CON0522 | 1 | Phenoloxidase inhibitor protein [Anopheles gambiae] | Inhibition of phenoloxidase cascade | AAX22219 | 7.00E-05 |
| TNI-CON1448 | 1 | Prophenol oxidase activating enzyme 1 [Spodoptera litura] | Activating enzyme of Pro-PO | AAW24480 | 7.00E-46 |
| TNI-CON0527 | 3 | Conotoxin scaffold VI/VII precursor [Conus arenatus] | Conotoxin-like protein; ion channel antagonist | AF215057 | 7.00E-05 |
| TNI-CON0581 | 1 | Gallerimycin [Spodoptera frugiperda] | Defensin-like antifungal peptide | AAQ18896 | 2.00E-20 |
| TNI-CON1119 | 1 | Putative hemolin [Hyphantria cunea] | Immunoglobulin domains; induced by microbial challenge | AAD09287 | 4.00E-51 |
| TNI-HCN384-02J03 | 3 | Putative hemolin [Hyphantria cunea] | Immunoglobulin domains; induced by microbial challenge | AAD09287 | 4.00E-85 |
| TNI-CON0811 | 1 | Attacin-A precursor [Trichoplusia ni] | Inducible antibacterial peptide | P50725 | 2.00E-22 |
| TNI-CON0122 | 22 | Cecropin D [Bombyx mori] | Antimicrobial peptide; Lysis of bacterial cell walls | BAA31507 | 9.00E-10 |
| TNI-CON0128 | 9 | Cecropin [Helicoverpa armigera] | Antimicrobial peptide; cecropin B | AAX51304 | 1.00E-16 |
| TNI-CON0196 | 2 | Immune-related Hdd1 [Hyphantria cunea] | Immune-related protein; induced by microbial challenge | AAD09279 | 4.00E-09 |
| TNI-CON0498 | 2 | Defensin precursor [Spodoptera frugiperda] | Antimicrobial peptide; spodoptericin-like | AAM96925 | 5.00E-21 |
| TNI-CON0644 | 4 | Cobatoxin short form A [Spodoptera frugiperda] | Scorpion toxin-like; Induced after bacterial challenge | AAQ18897 | 5.00E-07 |
| TNI-CON1679 | 2 | Gloverin precursor [Trichoplusia ni] | Antibacterial protein; binds to LPS | AF233590 | 8.00E-51 |
| TNI-CON0507 | 3 | Lysozyme [Spodoptera exigua] | Lysozyme a; destroys bacterial cell walls | AAP03061 | 3.00E-44 |
| TNI-CON1157 | 1 | Lysozyme precursor [Trichoplusia ni] | Lysozyme b; destroys bacterial cell walls | P50718 | 1.00E-36 |