Table III. Transcript abundance of C₄ cycle genes that have significantly higher transcript abundance in C₄ leaf tissue.

Asterisks denote changes significant only in BLAST mapping.

Enzyme	Locus	BLAT Mapping			BLAST Mapping
		C. gynandra RPM	C. spinosa RPM	Fold Change	C. gynandra RPM	C. spinosa RPM	Fold Change
AspAT	AT2G30970	4,806	14	343.3	4,601	18	257.9
PPDK	AT4G15530	3,262	14	233.0	3,216	13	240.3
PEPC	AT2G42600	9,702	124	78.2	8,321	169	49.1
AlaAT	AT1G17290	7,610	267	28.5	7,242	259	28.0
NAD-ME1	AT4G00570	1,357	51	26.6	1,326	49	27.0
NAD-ME2	AT2G13560	1,800	87	20.7	1,723	85	20.3
PEPC kinase	AT1G08650	230	37	6.2	226	36	6.3
NADP-ME*	AT1G79750	227	60	3.8	216	45	4.8
PEPC*	AT1G53310	94	248	0.4	950	192	5.0
PPDK regulatory protein*	AT4g21210	148	32	4.6	198	27	7.3