Table 2 of Lim, Mol Vis 2006; 12:243-250.


Table 2. Myosin heavy chain mRNA composition in extraocular muscles during postnatal development

Myosin heavy chain (MHC) mRNA composition in extraocular muscles during postnatal development. Three competitive PCRs were performed on cDNA of each muscle. Gels were scanned once and the peaks were selected three times. Values are means±SD.

                          Percent composition (amol/0.5 μg of total RNA)
                --------------------------------------------------------------------
  Isoforms         Postnatal day 0        Postnatal day 14             Adult
-------------   ---------------------   ---------------------   --------------------
2A MHC          11.5±1.0% ( 6.3±0.5)    27.4±5.0% ( 6.6±1.2)    29.3±4.4% (51.8±7.8)
2B MHC                  ND               8.2±1.3% ( 2.1±0.3)    24.5±4.4% (43.3±6.5)
2X MHC           0.2±0.1% ( 0.1±0.04)   42.4±2.8% (10.2±0.6)    29.9±4.5% (52.9±7.9)
EOM MHC                 ND               1.9±0.9% ( 0.4±0.1)     1.3±0.3% ( 2.2±0.5)
neonatal MYHC   75.5±9.9% (41.9±5.5)    14.1±0.8% ( 3.3±0.2)    11.3±1.7% (20.0±2.9)
embryonic MHC   12.8±2.0% ( 7.1±1.1)     4.9±0.8% ( 1.2±0.2)     2.7±0.4% ( 4.7±0.7)
β-cardiac MYH           ND               1.1±0.5% ( 0.3±0.03)    1.1±0.7% ( 2.1±1.0)
β-actin                   (44.9±3.0)              (12.6±3.6)              ( 8.7±1.2)

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