TABLE 2.

Database match categories of T. cruzi EST and GSS sequences

Sequence category and subcategory	GSS sequences		EST
	No.	%	No.	%
Total	1,493	100	924	100
Redundant	1,094	73.2	305	33.0
Repeat gene family members	855	57.2	145	15.6
Less than 200 bp or repeat sequences	225	15.0	109	11.7
No ORF	14	0.93	51	5.5
Nonredundant	399	26.8	619	66.0
Database homology to trypanosomes only	58	3.8	48	5.1
Database homology to trypanosomes and other organisms	81	5.4	223	24.1
No database homologya	260	17.4	348	37.6

^aCutoff for homology was set at an expect value of ≤10⁻⁵.