Table I.

Sequence analysis of clones up-regulated by fed mites. Each sequence was BLAST searched under NCBI and TIGR databases. The E value is a statistical value of the similarity of the two sequences being compared calculated by the BLAST programme [1]. The length of the alignment describes the length (in nucleotides) of the region of similarity between the two sequences.

Classification	N	Function	Homologue	E value	Identity (%)	Similarity (%)	Length of alignment
Allergens	12	Pso o I allergen	Psoroptes ovis	1e-22	100	100	233
		Group 5 allergen	Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus	5e-18	61	77	74
		Group 7 allergen	Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus	9e-32	61	82	74
		Group 13 allergen	Suidasia medanensis	9e-04	47	68	47
Secreted proteins	5	Salivary gland protein	Anopheles gambiae	3e-31	92	98	203
		Oesophageal gland protein	Heterodera glycines	6e-70	93	93	122
		Salivary gland protein	Ixodes scapularis	0.012	63	66	35
Antioxidant enzymes	1	Superoxide dismutase	Taiwanofungus camphorates	0.004	91	91	24
Carbohydrate metabolism	2	Phosphoglycerate kinase	Schistosoma mansoni	8e-29	57	74	107
		Enolase	Glycyphagus domesticus	6e-45	77	88	131
Lipid metabolism	2	Phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein	Tribolium castaneum	1e-38	66	80	109
		Fatty acid binding protein	Suidasia medanensis	9e-04	47	68	47
Cell processes	7	ATP synthase	Rhipicephalus sanguineus	9e-22	56	81	47
		Methyl transferase	Drosophila pseudo-obscura	4e-11	41	61	116
		Cytochrome c oxidase	Archichauliodes sp.	3e-16	45	62	82
		Cytochrome monooxygenase	Zea mays	2e-32	45	54	220
		Cadherin 1	Gallus gallus	8e-05	44	61	58
		Cadherin-like protein	Rhipicephalus appendiculatus	4e-50	81	81	128
		Ribosomal RNA	Ixodes ricinus	4e-65	82	82	159
Other	4	Alpha haemolysin homologue	Ixodes scapularis	1e-40	76	76	213
		Serum opacity-like factor	Ixodes scapularis	2e-20	79	79	100
		Cell adhesion molecule	Tribolium castaneum	7e-15	45	65	218
		Cuticle protein DFP1	Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus	2e-11	68	72	86