Table 2

Genes downregulated with quiescence

Decreased gestation pattern group

Gene symbol

Fold-change at 14 days

Regulation of cell growth

Myosin light chain, alkali, cardiac atria

Myl4

-2.8

N-myc downstream regulated 2

Ndr2

-2.7

Actin, beta, cytoplasmic

Actb

-2.2

Calmodulin signaling

MARCKS-like protein

Mlp

-2.2

Proteolysis

Matrix metalloproteinase 3

Mmp3

-2.2

Ion channels

Expressed sequence AW538430

Kctd12

-2.9

Transcriptional regulation

SRY-box containing gene 4

Sox4

-2.9

Homeobox protein Meis2

Mrg1

-2.5

Special AT-rich sequence binding protein 1

Satb1

-2.1

D site albumin promoter binding protein

Dbp

-2.1

RIKEN cDNA 1110033A15 gene

1110033A15Rik

-2.1

Myeloid ecotropic viral integration site 1

Meis1

-2.0

Regulation of alternative splicing

CDC-like kinase

Clk

-2.1

Only downregulated genes with a relative fold-change of 2 or more versus non-pregnant mice at 14.5 days gestation and linked to biological categories highlighted by the expression analysis are shown. Full gene lists can be obtained online (see Additional data file 6).

Salomonis et al. Genome Biology 2005 6:R12   doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-2-r12