Isolation, identification and expression analysis of salt-induced genes in Suaeda maritima, a natural halophyte, using PCR-based suppression subtractive hybridization

Table 3 The Unigene sequences (ESTs) representing proteins important for the salt adaptive phsiological processes.

EST accession number (GenBank)	Name of the proteins/genes	EST redun-dancy for a gene (%)^a	BLASTX search E-value	Mean EST length (bp)
FC932725	Δ¹-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase^b	0.23	5.00E-36	227
FC932672	Carbonic anhydrase^b	0.70	2.00E-73	606
FC932674	Carbonic anhydrase^b	0.70	5.00E-73	574
FC932784	Cation-efflux transporter	0.93	9.00E-66	686
FG228211	Cation-efflux transporter	0.23	5.00E-64	581
FC932758	CCL (CCR-LIKE) protein	0.93	0.24	152
FC932738	Choline transporter-related^b	0.93	3.00E-14	295
FC932763	Choline transporter-related^b	1.89	1.00E-16	305
FC932670	Expansin 3	0.47	3.00E-23	727
FC932700	Methionine adenosyltransferase	0.93	2.00E-74	407
FC932718	Phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase^b	0.70	8.00E-124	814
FC932801	Phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase^b	0.70	1.00E-140	803
FG228215	Phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase^b	0.23	2.00E-66	804
FC932680	Putative Na(+)/H(+) anti-porter	0.47	7.6	225
FC932696	S-adenosyl-L-homocystein hydrolase	0.23	2.00E-74	486
FC932721	Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase 1	0.70	1.00E-31	441
FC932774	Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase 1	0.70	5.00E-30	439

BLASTX results for those unigenes representing proteins performing various physiological functions related to adaptation of plants to saline condition and possibly vital for the salt adaptive physiological processes. Other details as in Table 2.
^aPercentage of the fraction of ESTs representing a unigene/total no. of ESTs
^bGenes reported to be induced by salt

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