Table 2.

Expression of Arabidopsis DCL genes^a indicates an organ-specific expression of DCL3

		Expression (AU)
DCL	Gene	Inflorescences	Rosette leavesb Mean ± SEM	*P<	Fold changec
DCL1	At1g01040	1.39	0.81 ± 0.11	NS	1.72
DCL2	At3g03300	1.59	0.66 ± 0.09	0.02	2.41
DCL3	At3g43920	2.65	0.26 ± 0.04	0.0005	10.39
DCL4	At5g20320	1.87	0.90 ± 0.03	0.0005	2.09

^aAnalysis of data of AtGenExpress Visualization Tool (26).

^bMean expression for rosette leaves numbered 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 ± SEM.

^cFold change in expression in inflorescences relative to leaves.

*Probability t-test of a single sample (inflorescences) and mean for rosette leaves, df = 5.