Research Article

Comprehensive Transcriptome Study to Develop Molecular Resources of the Copepod Calanus sinicus for Their Potential Ecological Applications

Table 2

Representative transcripts involved in stress response and regulation of diapause in the Calanus  sinicus transcriptome.

Gene function Number of unigenesSize range (bp)

Response to stimulus
 Heat shock protein 901092–714
 Heat shock protein 7017120–900
 Heat shock protein 601584
 Heat shock protein 401410
 Heat shock protein 101112
 Cytochrome P450 (CYP)71103–551
 Glutathione S-transferase (GST)31103–409
 Ferritin14105–226
 Copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD)12156–280
 Mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD)1230
 Catalase4207–696
Diapause/lipid metabolism
 Long-chain-fatty-acid-Coa ligase 3-like35115–726
 Fatty acid binding protein (FABP)386–135
 Long-chain fatty acid transport protein 4-like8167–659
 Elongation of very long chain fatty acids protein (ELOV)1988–363
 Short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase family 16C member 6-like8116–312
 Xanthine dehydrogenase (XAD)12139–1318
 Hippocalcin1118
 Ecdysteroid receptor (Ecr)3277–890