Table 2.
List of 20 Genes, Typical of the Skeletal Muscle
| Gene | SAGE | In silico |
|---|---|---|
| α-actin, skeletal | 5, 97 | 3, 08 |
| creatine kinase M | 5, 08 | 6, 06 |
| myoglobin | 3, 46 | 4, 10 |
| myosin heavy chain 2a | 3, 36 | 2, 77 |
| myosin light chain 2 | 2, 44 | 1, 85 |
| desmin | 2, 38 | 1, 62 |
| fast skeletal troponin C | 2, 37 | 2, 32 |
| EST (slow twitch sk troponin 1) | 2, 34 | 2, 47 |
| β enolase | 1, 93 | 1, 60 |
| fast myosin alkali light chain 3 | 1, 53 | 1, 11 |
| titin | 1, 24 | 2, 56 |
| α-tropomyosin | 0, 87 | 1, 09 |
| telethonin | 0, 85 | 1, 67 |
| myosin alkali light chain 1f | 0, 53 | 0, 14 |
| tropomyosin | 0, 43 | 0, 93 |
| cytochrome c oxidase 5b | 0, 29 | 0, 20 |
| EST (myosin regulatory light chain 2) | 0, 23 | 0, 26 |
| cytochrome c oxidase 5a | 0, 19 | 0, 19 |
| creatine kinase, sarcomeric mitochondrial | 0, 15 | 0, 23 |
| α tubulin | 0, 13 | 0, 13 |
These genes were chosen from the group of 120 genes reported in the SAGE and the in silico catalog. For each gene, the estimated level of expression, with both methods, is provided.