TABLE 3.

Expression of claudin and tight junction genes in Msx1^f/f/Msx2^f/f and Msx1^d/d/Msx2^d/d uteri on d 4 of pregnancy

		Luminal epithelium			Stroma
Gene	Gene name	f/f RPKM	d/d RPKM	FC	f/f RPKM	d/d RPKM	FC
Cdh1	Cadherin 1, E-cadherin	162.85	173.33	1.06	2.63	0.52	0.20
Cgn	Cingulin	20.26	27.77	1.37	0.18	0.03	0.17
Cldn1	Claudin-1	7.53	104.89	13.93	6.41	6.58	1.03
Cldn23	Claudin-23	53.26	167.25	3.14	0.15	0.60	3.98
Cldn3	Claudin-3	815.57	669.46	0.82	6.14	1.16	0.19
Cldn4	Claudin-4	75.57	75.70	1.00	0.46	0.10	0.22
Cldn7	Claudin-7	142.41	199.02	1.40	0.76	0.25	0.33
Ctnna1	Catenin-α	56.42	96.18	1.70	58.16	58.19	1.00
Ctnnb1	Catenin-β1	201.16	193.58	0.96	180.90	186.14	1.03
Ctnnd1	Catenin-δ1	55.38	73.63	1.33	51.36	48.36	0.94
Jam2	Junctional adhesion molecule-2	300.70	259.57	0.86	7.45	5.83	0.78
Jam3	Junctional adhesion molecule-3	0.85	0.36	0.43	29.21	32.78	1.12
Ocln	Occludin	42.89	52.42	1.22	0.63	0.39	0.63
Tjp1	Tight junction protein-1 (ZO-1)	42.54	39.54	0.93	46.17	39.04	0.85
Tjp2	Tight junction protein-2 (ZO-2)	73.08	100.72	1.38	29.62	21.37	0.72
Tjp3	Tight junction protein-3 (ZO-3)	36.16	27.60	0.76	0.70	0.26	0.37

List of the select claudin family members and genes associated with tight junction complexes. Expression levels with FC >2.0 are underlined.