Table 4.
Differential expression of genes in male and female salivary glands in the transcriptome
| Class | Females* | % Total | Males* | % Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secreted | 416 | 34.87 | 142 | 22.87 |
| Cytoskeletal | 14 | 1.17 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extracellular matrix/cell adhesion | 12 | 1.01 | 4 | 0.64 |
| Metabolism, amino acid | 5 | 0.42 | 6 | 0.97 |
| Metabolism, carbohydrate | 7 | 0.59 | 12 | 1.93 |
| Metabolism, energy | 3 | 0.25 | 2 | 0.32 |
| Metabolism, lipid | 12 | 1.01 | 7 | 1.13 |
| Metabolism, nucleotide | 6 | 0.50 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Oxidant metabolism/detoxification | 2 | 0.17 | 11 | 1.77 |
| Proteasome machinery | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.16 |
| Protein export machinery | 1 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.16 |
| Protein modification machinery | 11 | 0.92 | 7 | 1.13 |
| Signal transduction | 15 | 1.26 | 8 | 1.29 |
| Signal transduction, apoptosis | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Storage | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Transcription factor | 3 | 0.25 | 4 | 0.64 |
| Transcription machinery | 3 | 0.25 | 4 | 0.64 |
| Transporters/storage | 67 | 5.62 | 16 | 2.58 |
| Transposable element | 43 | 3.60 | 18 | 2.90 |
| Unknown | 521 | 43.67 | 354 | 57.00 |
| Unknown, conserved | 49 | 4.11 | 24 | 3.86 |
| Total | 1193 | 100 | 621 | 100 |
*
More than 10 times overexpressed