Members of the murine Pate family are predominantly expressed in the epididymis in a segment-specific fashion and regulated by androgens and other testicular factors

Table 1 Expression of Pate family genes in the mouse

Expression profiles of Pate family members based on RT-PCR results. Levels of expression were subjectively graded based on the intensity of the PCR band. Detectable expression is graded from + to ++++, where + indicates barely detectable and ++++ very strong expression. Dash (-) indicates no detectable expression. 1, pituitary; 2, adrenal gland; 3, thymus; 4, liver; 5, lymph node; 6, brain; 7, salivary gland; 8, lung; 9, stomach; 10, small intestine; 11, kidney; 12, large intestine; 13, heart; 14, pancreas; 15, eye; 16, skeletal muscle; 17, spleen; 18, bladder; 19, bulbourethral gland; 20, testis; 21, seminal vesicle; 22, epididymis; 23, vas deferens; 24, dorsal prostate; 25, ventral prostate.

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