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Table 3 Contigs of avocado transcripts grouped into functional classes according to GO database.

From: EST sequencing and gene expression profiling of defence-related genes from Persea americana infected with Phytophthora cinnamomi

Gene ontology

Number of contigs

Unknown

165

Other

48

ATP binding

7

Biological process - cytoplasm

20

Cellular component

39

Response to stress

12

RNA binding

5

Cell wall related

10

Structural constituent of ribosome - translation - ribosome

12

Transcription factor activity - regulation of transcription

7

Transferase activity/cell wall biogenesis

4

Translation elongation factor activity - translation factor activity, nucleic acid binding

3

Transporter activity - transport

3

Water channel activity - transport - membrane

4

Protein binding

10

Mitochondrion

9

Kinase activity

4

Protein folding - cellular component

3

Membrane

3

Lipid binding - lipid transport

2

  1. A large proportion of contigs (44.5%) fell into the category of unknown classification while contigs that link directly with stress responses constituted 3% of the total number of contigs.