Table 1.

Major categories of biological functions

Biological Function	ESTs	Transcripts	Transcripts		No. of ESTs		ESTs per Transcript
			unfed/2 d fed	6 d fed	unfed/2 d fed	6 d fed	unfed/2 d fed	6 d fed
cytoskeletal	17	17	10	7	10	7	1	1
extracellular matrix	11	6	6	1	7	4	1.17	4
immunity	35	7	4	5	10	25	2.50	5.00
lipid binding	4	4	3	1	3	1	1.00	1.00
metabolism, amino acid	36	24	5	21	6	30	1.20	1.43
metabolism, carbohydrate	12	9	3	7	3	9	1.00	1.29
metabolism, energy	163	70	39	44	118	45	3.03	1.02
metabolism, heme	5	2	2	0	5	0	2.50	0.00
metabolism, lipid	17	14	3	12	3	14	1.00	1.17
metabolism, nucleic/nucleotide	1	1	0	1	0	1	0.00	1.00
nuclear regulation	20	11	6	8	9	11	1.50	1.38
proline rich protein	5	5	4	1	4	1	1.00	1.00
peptidase inhibitor	10	9	3	6	3	7	1.00	1.17
proteasome machinery	7	7	3	4	3	4	1.00	1.00
protein export machinery	6	6	1	5	1	5	1.00	1.00
protein modification machinery	47	35	15	21	17	30	1.13	1.43
protein synthesis machinery	655	99	68	49	393	262	5.78	5.35
secreted	112	46	29	22	44	68	1.52	3.09
signal transduction	14	13	8	6	8	6	1.00	1.00
transcription factor	8	7	4	4	4	4	1.00	1.00
transcription machinery	10	10	8	2	8	2	1.00	1.00
transporter	20	15	5	11	8	12	1.60	1.09
transposable element	1	1	0	1	0	1	0.00	1.00
Uncharacterized conserved function	24	21	14	9	15	9	1.07	1.00
Unknown	439	396	212	192	226	213	1.07	1.11
Total	1679	835	455	440	908	771	1.40	1.58