Figure 7. Overview of average RKPM of putative digestive peptidases.

Encoded proteins and their respective average RPKM values in particular libraries are listed. ¹Abbreviations and GenBank Accession Nos: IrCD–I. ricinus cathepsin D, IrCD1 (EF428204); IrCD2 (HQ615697), IrCD3 (HQ615698); IrAE–I. ricinus asparaginyl endopeptidase (legumain), IrAE1 (AY584752), IrAE2 (ortholog of I. scapularis XM_002402043); IrAE3 (unpublished); IrCB–I. ricinus cathepsin B, IrCB1 (EF428206); IrCB2 (unpublished); Ir-putative longipain (orthologue of I. scapularis XM_002433755); IrCL–I. ricinus catheppsin L, IrCL1 (EF428205); IrCL3 (ortholog of I. scapularis XM_002405329 ); IrCC–I. ricinus cathepsin C (EU128750); ²For contig names, sequences and other and RKPM data, see the Source data 1 at http://exon.niaid.nih.gov/transcriptome/Ixric-MG/Ir-web.xlsx. Background color coding: No colour-low expression; Grey colour-insignificant differences; Red vs. blue-substantial differences. *-non homogenous expression over four biological replicates.