Table 1

The relative expression levels of the rat iap genes in various tissues as detected by Northern or Western blot analysis.

IAP-1

IAP-2

IAP-3

Northern

Western

Northern

Western

Northern

Western

Heart

+

++

++

++^*

++

++

Brain

-

-

+

-

+

++

Spleen

++

++^*

+

++^*

++

++

Lung

-

++

+

-

+

++

Liver

+

+

++

++

++

++

Sk. muscle

-

N/A

+

N/A

+

N/A

Kidney

-

++^*

+

++^*

-

++

Testis

++

++^*

++^*

++^*

-

++

Intestine

N/A

++^*

N/A

++^*

N/A

++

Thymus

N/A

-

N/A

-

N/A

++

^*indicates the presence of an alternate band (- not expressed; + expressed; ++ highly expressed; N/A - not tested)

Holcik et al. BMC Genomics 2002 3:5   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-3-5