List of differentially expressed genes in the gills of Atlantic salmon identified as a potential surrogate of protection against yersiniosis.

*Previously annotated as unknown according to the cGRASP 32 K (Salmonid) cDNA annotation file (Nov. 2008). Blast identification shows the top BLASTX or BLASTN hit with highest total score and lower e-value.The list of 17 differentially expressed genes (ANOVA P2.5-fold change) found in common between the comparison of the vaccinated unchallenged group of fish (VU) and all the other treatment/vaccination combinations at both time points post-challenge (UI8h/UI72h and VI8h/VI72h) was considered as a specific vaccine-induced biosignature. Furthermore, this biosignature was considered a potential predictor of vaccine-induced protection after vaccination but before Y. ruckeri challenge and therefore a surrogate of protection. Arrows indicate the direction of the fold change, bold arrows indicate >2.5-fold change, while NA indicates genes not assessed by real-time PCR.