The Twenty Most Abundant Dauer and Mixed-Stage-Specific SAGE Tags that Have Been Correlated to a Transcript
| Dauer | ||
| Gene | Function | Dauer tags |
| F38E11.2 (hsp-12.6) | Alpha-B-crystallin/hsp20 | 263 |
| R02C2.3 | G-protein coupled receptor | 62 |
| T26C11.2 | Unknown function | 53 |
| W07A12.7 | G-protein coupled receptor | 46 |
| F36D3.9[i] | Cysteine protease | 46 |
| T25D10.3 | Unknown function | 33 |
| Y39H10A.i | Unknown function | 33 |
| T09F5.8 | Unknown function | 30 |
| K01G12.2 | Unknown function | 26 |
| W01A11.7 | Unknown function | 26 |
| T21D12.11 | Unknown function | 26 |
| T05B4.12 | Unknown function | 25 |
| R02E12.6 | Unknown function | 23 |
| C18A11.2 | Unknown function | 21 |
| F39H2.1[i] | Putative DNA repair protein | 21 |
| F20A1.6 | Unknown function | 21 |
| F17C11.4 | Unknown function | 21 |
| F14D7.5 | Unknown function | 20 |
| K09H9.5 | Unknown function | 20 |
| T16A1.4 | Unknown function | 20 |
| Mixed Stages | ||
| Gene | Function | Mixed tags |
| F59D8.b | Vitellogenin | 51 |
| R09B5.3 | Unknown function | 34 |
| R09B5.9 | Unknown function | 32 |
| C46A5.3/col-14 | Collagen | 31 |
| Y2H9A.3 | Collagen | 31 |
| C50B6.4 | Collagen | 31 |
| F53F1.4 | Cuticlin 2 precursor | 28 |
| F57H12.3 | Unknown function | 25 |
| F08G5.4 | Collagen | 25 |
| C45B2.1 | Unknown function | 24 |
| T23G11.2 | Acetyltransferase | 23 |
| F28D1.5 | Unknown function | 22 |
| T23G11.3/gld-1 | Germline differentiation | 21 |
| W05F2.3 | Unknown function | 20 |
| W05F2.1 | Unknown function | 20 |
| M195.1 | Collagen | 20 |
| F09G8.6 | Collagen | 20 |
| C33G8.2 | Actin-cytoskeleton associated | 19 |
| W03C9.7/mex-1 | Zn Finger/germline differentiaton | 19 |
| Y18D10A.11 | Unknown function | 18 |
[i] These transcripts possess a second tag which is present in the mixed-stage profile (F36D3.9 mixed 1, dauer 1; F39H2.1 mixed 4, dauer 0).