Table 1.
Differential expression of cornification-associated genes in the ‘lactating’ crop
| Gene | 0/ctrl | +2/ctrl |
|---|---|---|
|
Up-regulated genes |
|
|
|
cp35 |
5.69 |
22.81 |
|
similar to keratin (ORF 683_28) |
5.28 |
21.31 |
|
claw keratin-like (ORF 683_34) |
ns |
12.06 |
|
claw keratin-like (ORF 683_32, 683_35) |
ns |
10.53 |
|
similar to keratin 19 (ORF 748_10) |
ns |
3.92 |
|
scale keratin-like (ORF 1246_34, 1246_36) |
ns |
3.27 |
|
similar to transglutaminase 5 |
3.10 |
2.71 |
|
cp37 |
ns |
2.70 |
|
similar to keratin type II (ORF 988_5) |
ns |
2.43 |
|
scale keratin-like (ORF 683_38) |
ns |
2.31 |
|
Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 6A (ORF 988_4) |
ns |
2.27 |
|
Transglutaminase 4 exon 15 |
1.21 |
1.35 |
|
Transglutaminase 4 exon 14 |
1.16 |
1.27 |
|
Transglutaminase 4 exon 12, 13 |
1.19 |
ns |
|
Transglutaminase 4 exon 6 |
ns |
1.30 |
|
Transglutaminase 4 exon 3, 4 |
1.71 |
2.38 |
|
Protein S100-A10 |
1.31 |
1.59 |
|
Down-regulated genes |
|
|
|
s100-A14-like |
ns |
−1.20 |
|
Annexin A7 |
−1.14 |
−1.25 |
|
CystatinA |
ns |
−1.31 |
|
s100-A16-like |
ns |
−1.33 |
|
Desmoplakin |
−1.50 |
−1.54 |
|
Annexin A5 |
ns |
−1.61 |
|
Annexin A2 |
−1.21 |
−1.65 |
|
Sciellin |
ns |
−1.83 |
|
keratin 14 (ORF 748_19) |
ns |
−1.88 |
|
Periplakin |
ns |
−1.88 |
|
Annexin A11 |
−1.39 |
−1.90 |
|
Transglutaminase 6-like |
ns |
−1.95 |
|
Envoplakin |
−2.15 |
−2.00 |
|
keratin, type II cytoskeletal cochleal-like (ORF 988_18) |
−1.45 |
−2.02 |
|
keratin 80 (ORF 988_19) |
ns |
−2.26 |
|
Desmoplakin isoform 2 |
−1.49 |
−2.36 |
|
Epiplakin |
−1.55 |
−2.52 |
|
Epiplakin-like |
−1.54 |
−2.59 |
|
similar to keratin 5 (ORF 988_13) |
ns |
−2.77 |
|
Annexin A6 |
−1.72 |
−2.85 |
|
Annexin A8 |
−1.73 |
−2.92 |
|
protein S100-A9-like |
ns |
−3.08 |
|
keratin, type I cytoskeletal 23-like (ORF 748_8) |
−1.74 |
−3.38 |
|
keratin, type I cytoskeletal 14-like (ORF 748_20) |
ns |
−3.39 |
|
Tissue transglutaminase |
−2.13 |
−4.22 |
|
keratin, type I cytoskeletal 17-like (ORF 748_14) |
−2.42 |
−5.27 |
|
keratin 12 (ORF 748_4) |
−3.16 |
−7.42 |
|
similar to s100 calcium-binding protein A4 |
−2.71 |
−8.41 |
|
similar to s100 calcium-binding protein P |
−3.37 |
−10.19 |
|
Annexin A13 |
−4.27 |
−21.01 |
|
Transglutaminase 4 exon 10, 11 |
ns |
−1.39 |
| Transglutaminase 4 exon 7 | −1.55 | −1.56 |
Average fold-change of significantly (p < 0.05) differentially expressed cornification-associated genes in the ‘lactating’ pigeon crop as compared to the non-‘lactating’ crop. ns = not significant.