RNA-seq analysis and gene expression dynamics in the salivary glands of the argasid tick Ornithodoros erraticus along the trophogonic cycle

Table 3 Lipocalins and 5′-nucleotidases/apyrases differentially upregulated 7 days after feeding (7 vs 0)

Description	Accession	No. transcripts	RPKM 0	RPKM 7	Log₂FC
Lipocalins
Lipocalin	ABI52664, ABI52661, ABI52807, ASV59774	61	2930.76	13,014.59	1.10–3.98
Monotonin	ABI52654	4	569.23	5714.97	3.11–3.52
Moubatin, moubatin-like	ABR23415, ABR23399, ABR23347, ABR23414, ABR23462, ABR23457, ABR23458, ABR23380, ACB70378	128	6039.08	52,417.05	1.06–4.34
Salivary lipocalin	ACB70384, ABR23445, ACB70352, ABR23418, ACB70348, ABR23386, ABR23385, ACB70377, ABR23357, ACB70386, ABR23394	138	9266.83	63,248.20	1.12–3.81
Salivary secreted lipocalin	ABR23443, ACB70358	9	1104.44	4,980.50	1.43–3.39
Savicalin	ADI60053	2	176.64	837.51	2.13–2.25
TSGP2	AAN76829	2	38.49	111.91	1.51–1.56
5′-Nucleotidases/apyrases
5′-Nucleotidase, putative	B7QDH9, B7QKF1	3	69.35	155.018	1.15–1.30
5′-Nucleotidase, ecto, putative	B7QI36	2	16.14	37.64	1.19–1.36
5′-Nucleotidase/putative apyrase	ABS30896, ABS30897, ACB70391	42	1239.92	4759.81	1.21–2.64
5′-Nucleotidase-like	XP_027236452	2	52.08	136.51	1.35–1.40
Apyrase	AGJ90350, ETN57989	23	2050.19	8,280.60	1.15–2.32

For each protein description, the accession codes and number of transcripts assigned, the average expression level in RPKM for unfed (RPKM 0) and 7 days fed (RPMK 7) females, and the range of log₂FC reached are provided

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