Gene expression profiling of cuticular proteins across the moult cycle of the crab Portunus pelagicus

Table 9 List of transcripts identified to be relevant to cuticle formation in crustaceans

Transcript IDs	GenBank accession no.	Gene IDs (BLAST results)	Score (bits)	E value	Protein domain
PpCB5	EF102010	AAV28478 calcified cuticle protein CP8.5 C. sapidus	113	4e-24	Chitin_bind_4
		BAC81566 calcification-associated peptide-1 Procambarus clarkii	84.7	2e-15
		BAD16776 calcification-associated peptide-2 P. clarkii	53.5	4e-06
		BAB13739 crustocalcin Marsupenaeus japonicus	42.7	0.007
PpCB6	EF102011	EAT39443 cuticle protein, putative Aedes aegypti	78.2	7e-13	Chitin_bind_4
PpCB7	EF102012	P82119 CUO6_BLACR Cuticle protein 6 (BcNCP14.9) cockroach (domain match)	75.1	4e-12	Chitin_bind_4
49-12		P81582 CUPC3 Cuticle protein CP1246 C. pagurus	145	2e-33	Cuticle_1 (3)
3–61		AAR06266 peritrophic membrane chitin binding protein 2 Trichoplusia ni (cabbage looper)	43.9	0.003	CBM_14
6–13		P81590 CUPC9 Cuticle protein CP466 (CPCP466)	58.9	4e-07	Cuticle_1 (1)

These transcripts were not found to be differentially expressed under the stringent analysis conditions applied to the microarray data.

ISSN: 1741-7007