Table 1.
Summary of EST sequencing data from the T. vaginalis trophozoite and FN-bound amoeboid cDNA libraries
| Parameter | Value for cDNA library |
|
|---|---|---|
| TvEb | TvFc | |
| No. of ESTs | 10,749 | 9,955 |
| No. of TCsa | 1,341 | 810 |
| No. of ESTs in TCs | 7,657 | 8,884 |
| % ESTs in TCs | 71.23 | 89.24 |
| No. of singletons | 3,092 | 1,071 |
| % ESTs in singletons | 28.77 | 10.76 |
| No. of unigenes | 4,433 | 1,881 |
| % TCs | 30.25 | 43.06 |
| % singletons | 69.75 | 56.94 |
a
Tentative consensus sequences (TCs) refer to collapsed ESTs in virtual transcripts, which may contain full or partial cDNA sequences; unigenes are unique genes.
b
TvE, cDNA library constructed from trophozoites.
c
TvF, cDNA library constructed from FN-induced amoeboid cells.