Table 6. Tissue and organ expression of Nkrp1 genes as determined by RT-PCR.

	tongue			muscle		liver		bladder		spleen		thymus		ovaries/testes		eye		kidney		heart		lung		lymph node		brain		intestine
Nkrp1a
B6			-a		–		–		–		+		+		+		–		–		–+		+		++		–		–
129			–		–		–		–		+		+		++		–		–		–		+		++		–		–
BALB			–		–		−/+		–		−/+		−/+		+		–		–		–		++		+		–		–
microarrayb			–		–		–		–		+		–		–		–		–		–		–		+		–		–
Nkrp1c
B6			–		–		+		−/+		+++		++		−/+		−		−/+		-		++		++		–		+
129			–		–		+		−/+		++		++		−/+		−/+		−/+		−/+		+		++		–		+
BALB			–		–		++		−/+		+		+		+		−		−/+		+		++		+		–		+
microarray			+		–		+		–		+		+		–		–		–		–		+		+		–		–
Nkrp1d/b
B6			+		−/+		+		+		++		++		+		−/+		+		+		++		++		-		++
129			+		–		–		−/+		+		+		+		−/+		–		+		++		++		–		+
BALB			+		–		+		+		+		+		−/+		−/+		–		+		++		+		–		+
microarray			+		+		+		+		+		+		–		+		+		+		+		+		–		+
Nkrp1f
B6			–		–		+		–		++		+		–		–		–		–		++		++		–		+
129			–		–		+		–		+		+		–		–		–		–		+		+++		-		+
BALB			–		–		++		–		+		+		–		–		–		–		++		++		–		+
microarray			–		–		–		–		+		–		–		–		–		–		–		+		–		+
Nkrp1g
B6			–		–		–		–		+		+		–		–		–		–		+		−/+		–		+
129			–		–		–		–		+		+		+		–		–		–		–		−/+		−/+		+
BALB			–		–		–		–		+		+		+		–		–		–		–		–		–		+
microarray		NDc

^a-, no expression; −/+, very weak expression; +, weak to moderate expression; ++, strong expression; +++, very strong expression.

^bMicroarray data were obtained from the Mouse MOE430 Gene Atlas database at BioGPS portal server in order to compare with results of RT-PCR.

^cND, not determined.