Comparative expression profiling in grape (Vitis vinifera) berries derived from frequency analysis of ESTs and MPSS signatures

Table 6 Most highly expressed grape EST contigs in the grape berry stage II libraries based on EST frequency.

Contig ID	Signature abundance^a	ESTs^b	ESTs^c	Total ESTs^d	BlastX definition [species of closest EST match]
1027444	13927	183	186	369	endochitinase
1027108	0	81	152	233	NLTA_RICCO NONSPECIFIC LIPID-TRANSFER PROTEIN A (NS-LTP A)
1027101	67435	52	66	118	AF449424_1 11S globulin-like protein [Corylus avellana]
1027142	108049	28	78	106	2S albumin precursor [Vitis vinifera]
1027226	46226	49	31	80	conglutin gamma [Lupinus albus]
1027166	0	30	44	74	putative metallothionein-like protein [Vitis vinifera]
1027085	0	13	48	61	putative metallothionein-like protein [Vitis vinifera]
1027135	60308	17	34	51	AF449424_1 11S globulin-like protein [Corylus avellana]
1027222	18313	34	8	42	AF240006_1 7S globulin [Sesamum indicum]
1026987	4208	23	14	37	AF281656_1 putative transcription factor [Vitis vinifera]
1026972	4642	10	13	23	metallothionein-like protein type 2 [Persea americana]
1027300	0	14	7	21	Transcript Antisense to Ribosomal RNA; Tar1p [Saccharomyces cerevisiae]
1027410	4208	13	8	21	AF281656_1 putative transcription factor [Vitis vinifera]
1027454	6505	12	7	19	AF121261_1 elongation factor 1-alpha 1; EF-1-alpha1 [Lilium longiflorum]
1027053	120	4	14	18	No hit
1027353	4642	4	14	18	No hit
1027684	10450	3	15	18	expressed protein [Arabidopsis thaliana]
1027078	0	3	14	17	THIH_RICCO Thioredoxin H-type (TRX-H)
1028129	3736	2	15	17	AF192486_1 omega-6 fatty acid desaturase [Sesamum indicum]
1027302	4075	13	3	16	No hit

^a The sum of abundance of matching 17-base MPSS signatures from the grape library.
^b ESTs derived from stage II green, hard berries.
^c ESTs derived from stage II green, soft berries.
^d Total signatures matching contigs present in the UC Davis berry stage II libraries.

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