The hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum intestinal transcriptome provides a platform for selecting drug and vaccine candidates

Table 1 Summary of the A. ceylanicum adult intestinal transcriptome and characterization compared to the whole worm

	Intestine	Whole worm
No. of genes	8,495	15,892
Total FPKM (Intestine)	1,221,742	1,348,733
Average length	369 nt	320 nt
No. of determined functions	6,559	not available
No. of unknown functions/hypothetical proteins:	1,936	not available
Genes abundantly expressed in intestine	964
Genes encoding signal peptides	607 (7.1 %)*	650 (4.1 %)
Genes encoding transmembrane domains	1,614 (19.0 %)	3,154 (19.8 %)

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