Table 5

Expression in the heart of the 15 genes without any previous known cardiac function

Gene name and function
Gen_Card (EST)
UniGene (EST)
Microarrays

KIAA 1037
+++
+++
0
KIAA 0553
+++
+++
0
Crystallin alpha B
+++
+
ND
Makorin I
++
++
ND
RAB 7
++
++
0
RSU - RSP 1
++
+
ND
Initiation factor
+
+++
ND
Prostaglandin D synthase
+
+++
+++
GOT 1
+
+
+++
PPPP1-CB (Regulation of myosin)
+
+
ND
PPPP1 -R12A (Regulation of myosin)
+
+
ND
KIAA 0471_IDN4 (Similar to the actin-binding protein of the fly)
0
-
-
Exostose II
+
+
ND
Procollagen proline-2 oxoglutarate-4-dioxygenase
+
+
0
Phosphoglycerophosphate synthase
-
-
ND

+++, Upregulation in the heart. 0, Regular expression in the heart (neither downregulated nor upregulated). -, Weak expression in the heart. ND, no data. Heart-specific genes according to Gen-Card, UniGene and/or microarray resources are shown in bold.

Mégy et al. Genome Biology 2002 3:research0074.1   doi:10.1186/gb-2002-3-12-research0074