Research Article

Analysis of Gene Expression in an Inbred Line of Soft-Shell Clams (Mya arenaria) Displaying Growth Heterosis: Regulation of Structural Genes and the NOD2 Pathway

Table 1

Most highly ranked differentially expressed genes in FG clams, listing Bonferroni value and fold-difference compared to WT.

Gene name valueFold change in expression

Gamma receptor epsilon-like
Fatty acid synthase-like-1
Fatty acid synthase-like-2
Cyclin Y-like
Vesicle glycoprotein
Pathogenesis-related
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-like
RISC component-like
Leukocyte member
Na/K ATPase
Insulin-like GF receptor
cAMP response binding protein
NaCl/amino acid transporter
Actin-binding protein
Na/K ATPase
O-glucanase-like
Amyloid beta-like
Solute carrier family 13-like
Cathepsin-like
Rho GTPase
Elongation factor 2
Cold shock protein
Nuclear factor 1A
Tubulin alpha4a
Myosin heavy chain
Otoferlin-like
Actin 2
Sarcoplasmic Calcium Binding Protein
Cytochrome P450
Actin
Interferon alpha-inducible protein 27
Exportin-1
Troponin I
Myosin heavy chain
Fatty acid synthase-like
Low density lipoprotein receptor
Elongation factor 2
 Calmodulin
Alpha tubulin
Lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein 1
Fatty acid synthase
Transcriptional activator protein Pur-beta-like
Solute carrier family 13
Lysosomal-associated transmembrane protein 4A-like
Bifunctional protein NCOAT-like
Far upstream element-binding protein 2-like
Bifunctional protein NCOAT-like
Patched domain-containing protein 3-like
Muscle blind-like protein 2-like
Beta-hexosaminidase-like
40S ribosomal protein S2
Farnesyltransferase/geranylgeranyltransferase type-1 subunit alpha-like
Saposin-related protein
Chaoptin-like
Tubulin, alpha 1