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Table 2 The most highly expressed genes in the fungus garden

From: The fungal symbiont of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants expresses the full spectrum of genes to degrade cellulose and other plant cell wall polysaccharides

Tag id

Enzyme function deduced from blast hits as in Table1

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Test for equal level P

Mean tag count (95% CI)

14513

Cerato-platanin-related secreted protein

4918 (3465, 6370)

7389 (0, 15778)

4459 (3571, 5347)

0.51

6186

Cyclophilin (peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase)

2818 (2029, 3607)

3764 (2535, 4993)

2628 (2333, 2922)

0.10

22660

Conserved hypothetical protein

3196 (1902, 4489)

1554 (401, 2707)

1427 (811, 2043)

0.042

21633

NADH-quinone oxidoreductase

2680 (2014, 3346)

2851 (1744, 3958)

1477 (1122, 1831)

7.1e-3

28405

Hydrophobic surface binding protein

2445 (957, 3933)

1108 (715, 1501)

1893 (1488, 2298)

0.011

20658

Phosphate transporter

917 (377, 1457)

2124 (891, 3356)

2293 (1253, 3333)

0.027

19506

Laccase small subunit

2044 (1208, 2881)

1578 (1202, 1955)

433 (336, 529)

4.9e-4

3396

Laccasea

1757 (860, 2655)

507 (320, 693)

210 (161, 258)

4.0e-3

3360

Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme

1709 (1389, 2030)

1583 (1161, 2005)

1393 (752, 2035)

0.51

24891

Cellobiohydrolase (CBHI-II) [GH7]

449 (13, 885)

51 (0, 137)

1211 (911, 1512)

2.2e-4

7614

Acetyl xylan esterase [CE1]

88 (38, 137)

175 (0, 395)

1168 (917, 1419)

3.0e-4

19652

Glutathione S-transferase

1147 (701, 1592)

998 (726, 1271)

889 (633, 1146)

0.43

  1. The table includes genes peaking at more than 1000 tag counts, but excludes ribosomal RNA and ribosomal protein genes.
  2. aLgLcc8 identified by De Fine Licht et al. [8] [GenBank:JQ307230].