In this study 37 genes involved in exocytosis and protein export from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus were found to be differentially expressed during different stages of infection, including SEC1, SEC3, SEC4, SEC13, SEC14, SEC16, SEC23, SEC24, SEC61, some SNARE proteins, and Rab GTPases (Table 4; Additional file 7). This evidence concerns the gene SEC16A and infection.