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Table 3 Differential expression of protease genes in the ‘lactating’ crop

From: Transcriptome analysis of pigeon milk production – role of cornification and triglyceride synthesis genes

Gene

0/ctrl

+2/ctrl

Up-regulated genes

  

Calpain-15

ns

6.62

Calpain 9 isoform 1

ns

1.85

Down-regulated genes

  

Cathepsin H

ns

−1.23

Cathepsin C

ns

−1.23

Cathepsin B-like

−1.19

−1.36

Cathepsin S

ns

−1.49

Cathepsin Z

ns

−1.50

Cathepsin L

ns

−1.53

Cathepsin D

−1.42

−1.76

Calpain-5

−2.39

−4.41

  1. Average fold-change of significantly (p < 0.05) differentially expressed protease encoding genes in the ‘lactating’ pigeon crop as compared to the non-‘lactating’ crop. ns = not significant.