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. 2011 Oct 7;6(10):e25958. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025958

Figure 5. Rat detrusor smooth muscle myosin isoform composition.

Figure 5

Panels A-C are representative GelStar-stained agarose gels of cDNA products resulting from competitive RT-PCR analysis of the SMMHC pre-mRNA of the 5’ region containing the SM-A/SM-B alternative splice site, the 17 kDa essential MLC pre-mRNA of the 3’ region containing the MLC17a/MLC17b alternative splice site and the SMMHC pre-mRNA 3’ region containing the SM1/SM2 alternative splice site from sham and PBOO rats, respectively. Panel D shows averaged quantitative determination of SMM pre-mRNA mean isoform percentages in detrusor determined by using the information gathered from gels as in panels A–C. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. * = p<0.05 vs PBOO; ** = p<0.01 vs PBOO. (n  = 5 different animals for each group).