Table 5.

Classification of the annotated ESTs for each library.

#	Process	Head		Abdomen		Photophores		Thoracopods
		# ESTs	%	# ESTs	%	# ESTs	%	# ESTs	%
1	DNA replication	3	1.43	2	0.90	2	0.88	1	0.45
2	Transcription	3	1.43	6	2.71	5	2.19	2	0.90
3	Translation	69	32.86	65	29.41	126	55.26	103	46.40
4	Transport	5	2.38	12	5.43	7	3.07	8	3.60
5	Metabolic process	22	10.48	16	7.24	14	6.14	21	9.46
6	Proteolysis, protein folding and modification	12	5.71	6	2.71	14	6.14	16	7.21
7	Striated muscle contraction	11	5.24	57	25.79	12	5.26	15	6.76
8	Signal transduction	4	1.90	1	0.45	3	1.32	1	0.45
9	Structural constituent of cuticle	13	6.19	1	0.45	7	3.07	9	4.05
10	Cell growth, proliferation and adhesion	2	0.95	3	1.36	2	0.88	5	2.25
11	Ion Binding	4	1.90	0	0.00	1	0.44	0	0.00
12	Hypotetical protein	4	1.90	6	2.71	6	2.63	0	0.00
13	Mitochondrial genes	58	27.62	46	20.81	29	12.72	41	18.47
	Total	210	100.00	221	100.00	228	100.00	222	100.0

Table showing the number and the percentage of ESTs in each functional category for each tissue specific library