Table 2 Some predicted physico-chemical parameters of the novel ESTs identified by enrichment for dehydration-induced gene expression in A. avenae and their relative expression following exposure of the nematodes to four environmental stresses.

GR463919

179

9.28

-1.16

75

1.0

1.1

0.6

1.2

GR463920

98

10.51

-0.87

39

1.7

1.8

1.7

1.2

GR463921

88

4.36

0.01

78

1.8

3.4

0.5

1.0

GR463922

168

11.13

-0.55

39

1.5

1.7

1.4

2.1

GR463923

144

6.78

0.20

16

1.2

1.4

1.4

2.2

*GR463924

35

6.69

-0.13

37

4.3

10.9

3.7

8.3

GR463925

143

9.82

-0.08

22

1.5

1.4

1.2

0.5

GR463926

140

9.64

-0.97

51

8.4

4.5

35.7

6.0

GR463927

122

10.91

-0.30

37

1.0

20.6

1.5

0.5

†GR463928

37

6.33

0.28

46

9.0

14.5

0.8

2.2

GR463929

59

4.17

0.99

0

3.5

22.6

4.7

2.7

*EF026246

61

6.35

-2.32

20

1.9

2.2

1.2

2.6