Table 5. Tissue and organ expression of Clr genes as determined by RT-PCR.
| tongue | muscle | liver | bladder | spleen | thymus | ovaries/testes | eye | kidney | heart | lung | lymph node | brain | intestine | |
| Clr-a | ||||||||||||||
| B6 | -a | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | + |
| BALB | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | + |
| microarrayb | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | + |
| Clr-b | ||||||||||||||
| B6 | + | +++ | ++ | + | ++ | ++ | + | + | + | + | + | ++ | – | + |
| 129 | + | +++ | +++ | + | + | + | + | −/+ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | – | + |
| BALB | + | +++ | +++ | + | ++ | ++ | + | −/+ | ++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | – | + |
| microarray | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | – | + |
| Clr-c | ||||||||||||||
| B6 | −/+ | – | – | −/+ | + | + | + | – | – | – | – | −/+ | – | + |
| 129 | −/+ | – | – | −/+ | + | + | −/+ | – | −/+ | – | – | + | – | + |
| BALB | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | – | −/+ | – | + | −/+ | - | + |
| microarray | NDc | |||||||||||||
| Clr-d | ||||||||||||||
| B6 | + | – | – | – | −/+ | −/+ | – | + | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 129 | – | – | – | – | −/+ | – | – | + | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| BALB | −/+ | – | −/+ | −/+ | −/+ | −/+ | – | + | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| microarray | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | + | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Clr-f | ||||||||||||||
| B6 | −/+ | −/+ | ++ | – | −/+ | −/+ | – | – | +++ | – | −/+ | −/+ | – | +++ |
| 129 | – | – | ++ | −/+ | + | – | – | – | +++ | + | – | −/+ | −/+ | +++ |
| BALB | – | −/+ | – | – | – | – | – | – | +++ | – | – | −/+ | – | +++ |
| microarray | – | + | + | – | – | – | – | – | + | – | – | – | – | + |
| Clr-g | ||||||||||||||
| B6 | – | – | – | – | ++ | ++ | – | – | −/+ | – | + | ++ | – | + |
| 129 | – | – | −/+ | – | ++ | +++ | −/+ | – | −/+ | – | + | +++ | – | + |
| BALB | – | −/+ | −/+ | – | ++ | ++ | – | – | – | – | + | ++ | −/+ | ++ |
| microarray | – | – | – | – | + | + | – | – | – | – | – | + | – | – |
| Clr-h | ||||||||||||||
| B6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| BALB | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| microarray | ND | |||||||||||||
a
-, no expression; −/+, very weak expression; +, weak to moderate expression; ++, strong expression; +++, very strong expression.
b
Microarray data were obtained from the Mouse MOE430 Gene Atlas database at BioGPS portal server.
c
ND, not determined.