Table 4 Selected differentially expressed unigenes putatively involved in carbohydrate metabolism after blood-feeding and long-term starvation

Carbohydrate metabolism

Glycosyl hydralase, sucrase-isomaltase, putative

62.30

0.75

1.67

0

DN53826

Alpha-L-fucosidase, putative

18.85

6.80

0.56

0

DN57768

Beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase, putative

16.00

1.29

2.47

0

DN48906

Beta-glucuronidase-like isoform X1

31.56

1.90

6.15

0

DN55789

Poly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase-like isoform X3

3.15

8.91

4.75

0.06

DN48563

Glucosidase II, putative

39.01

23.50

5.26

0

DN51547

Glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase isoform C

22.75

66.04

34.30

0.02

DN56097

Sucrase-isomaltase, intestinal-like

0.21

2.16

8.15

0

DN57119

Alpha-L-iduronidase-like isoform X1

0.01

5.44

0.32

0

DN34070

6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase, putative

3.74

14.96

5.12

0.01

DN57996

Mannose metabolism

Mannosyl-oligosaccharide glucosidase, putative

45.53

14.34

5.08

0

DN34438

Phosphomannomutase, putative

55.46

14.18

4.64

0

DN49511

Mannose-1-phosphate guanyltransferase beta-like

99.60

39.29

10.32

0

DN47789

Mannose-binding endoplasmic reticulum-golgi intermediate compartment lectin

160.77

41.80

8.51

0

DN36723

Galactose metabolism

Glycosyl hydralase, sucrase-isomaltase, putative

62.30

0.75

1.67

0

DN53826

Ixodes scapularis Beta-galactosidase precursor, putative

37.86

5.82

0.40

0

DN53710

Beta-1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase bre-4-like

0.01

7.36

3.04

0

DN52083

Galectin, putative

101.18

1,262.29

317.33

0

DN57588

Carbohydrate transport

UDP-galactose transporter, putative

8.55

21.71

8.43

0.13

DN52272

Oxoglutarate/malate carrier protein, putative

6.33

44.22

6.32

0

DN57072

Sodium-dependent glucose transporter, putative

0.84

7.65

0.36

0

DN43028

Solute carrier family 2, facilitated glucose transporter Member 10-like

6.27

19.39

1.57

0

DN56465

Sugar transporter, putative

1.99

12.64

1.20

0

DN52986

Chitin binding protein

Cuticular protein, putative

1.39

3.73

1,053.67

0

DN35205

Cuticular protein, putative

0.10

27.47

113.61

0

DN57895

Cuticular protein, putative

0.14

27.03

380.74

0

DN41881

Peritrophin A, putative

33.01

4.28

250.60

0

DN52544

Cuticular protein, putative

1.41

74.29

4.48

0

DN45546

Hypothetical protein X975_15305

2.67

58.72

59.54

0

DN35800

Salivary mucin

8.35

62.56

98.37

0

DN48751

Conserved hypothetical protein

29.27

2.97

15.17

0

DN55376

Peritrophin A, putative

43.35

2.96

17.71

0

DN44759

Peritrophin A, putative

32.29

421.29

198.20

0

DN57787

Hypothetical protein

130.84

26.98

80.95

0.03

DN46721

Cuticle protein

Structural constituent of cuticle, putative

0.04

0.09

1,571.25

0

DN43545

Conserved hypothetical protein

0.01

0.05

133.71

0

DN54086

Cuticle protein, putative

125.92

3.26

255.44

0

DN44745

Conserved hypothetical protein

1.78

0.23

230.19

0

DN52842

Peritrophic membrane chitin binding protein, putative

32.02

0.00

0.15

0

DN57209

Calphotin-like

0.03

17.80

424.74

0

DN37939

Structural constituent of cuticle, putative

0.00

0.78

271.20

0

DN35945

Cuticle protein, putative

166.79

0.00

0.39

0

DN49371

Cuticular protein, putative

2.28

0.18

268.89

0

DN55649

Cuticle protein, putative

0.01

0.11

104.18

0

DN50628

Cuticle protein, putative

4,618.14

3.97

5.64

0

DN49371

Conserved hypothetical protein

1.78

0.23

230.19

0

DN52842

Cuticular protein

0.87

391.58

1,332.75

0

DN49929

Cuticle protein, putative

0.79

153.69

230.33

0

DN39452

Cuticular protein, putative

11.83

0.19

40.79

0

DN51261

Cuticle protein, putative

125.92

3.26

255.44

0

DN44745

Cuticular protein, putative

0.22

209.83

68.04

0

DN55323

Cuticular protein, putative

2.36

2.31

39.73

0

DN52617

Cuticular protein-like protein

7.12

2.89

55.46

0

DN54351

Cuticle protein

3,195.63

128.25

2,513.73

0

DN46667