Expression Profile of the Schistosoma japonicum Degradome Reveals Differential Protease Expression Patterns and Potential Anti-schistosomal Intervention Targets
Figure 4
Constantlyexpressed S. japonicum protease genes in four developmental stages were identified by microarray analysis.
The heat map shows the fluorescent intensity values for the 33protease genes with the lowest coefficient of variation (1.5%) among the four developmental stages (E, eggs; C, cercariae; S, hepatic schistosomula; A, adult worm pairs; M, adult male worms; F, adult female worms). Each of the stages contained three biological replicates.