Table 1.
Functional classification of the housekeeping genes expressed in Triatoma dimidiata salivary glands.
| Types of transcripts | Clusters | % | Sequences | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis | 11 | 19.6 | 13 | 17.5 |
| Energy production and conversion | 8 | 14.2 | 10 | 13.5 |
| Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism | 4 | 7.1 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Carbohydrate transport and metabolism | 3 | 5.3 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Lipid transport and metabolism | 2 | 3.6 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.7 |
| Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.7 |
| RNA processing and modification | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.7 |
| Signal transduction mechanisms | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 2.7 |
| Extracellular structures | 1 | 1.8 | 12 | 16.1 |
| Amino acid transport and metabolism | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Cytoskeleton | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Inorganic ion transport and metabolism | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Nuclear structure, intracellular trafficking, and vesicular transport | 1 | 1.8 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Unknown conserved | 14 | 25.0 | 14 | 18.9 |
| Total | 56 | 100.0 | 74 | 100.0 |