Research Article

Extensive Differences in Antifungal Immune Response in Two Drosophila Species Revealed by Comparative Transcriptome Analysis

Table 2

Number of reads, trimmed mean of M value (TMM), and induction coefficient (IC) for recognition, signaling, and effector class immune genes showing significant changes in expression level by fungal infection in D.  virilis.

D. virilis geneD. melanogaster homologue Infected NaïveICFunctional classNotes
No. of readsTMM No. of readsTMM

GJ20666CG134226 0.15300InfinityRecognitionBeta-glucan binding domain
GJ12160PGRP-SB111 0.23520.0405.864RecognitionPGRP domain
GJ18074nimB32 0.067120.3760.178RecognitionNimrod-related

GJ12373msn9 0.02410.0029.595SignalingKinase
GJ20603Pvr15 0.03820.0057.996SignalingReceptor
GJ19441SPE3 0.033150.1550.213SignalingProtease

GJ22479Def53 2.44500InfinityEffectorAntimicrobial peptide
GJ21173AttC47 0.81800InfinityEffectorAntimicrobial peptide
Cec2BCecA1/CecA225 1.60400InfinityEffectorAntimicrobial peptide
Cec3CecC23 1.47500InfinityEffectorAntimicrobial peptide
GJ22469Mtk 9 0.66000InfinityEffectorAntimicrobial peptide
GJ19916Dpt104 3.81240.13827.720EffectorAntimicrobial peptide
GJ19917DptB39 1.12030.08113.860EffectorAntimicrobial peptide
GJ20572AttA49 0.856240.3932.177EffectorAntimicrobial peptide
GJ17981fon217 1.6413702.6240.625Effector Coagulation
GJ18607IM479 7.54215113.5210.558Effector IM
GJ21308IM1023 0.350510.7270.481Effector IM
GJ19885IM137 3.30212310.2960.321Effector IM

Genes are sorted in order of induction coefficient at each functional class.