Table 3. Copies of genes mostly highly expressed in hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal gland
Hypothalamus Gene name |
Copies | Pituitary Gene name |
Copies | Adrenal Gland Gene name |
Copies |
Myelin basic protein |
57 |
growth hormone |
385 |
Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein |
115 |
Proteolipid protein |
57 |
prolactin |
242 |
type II 3-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/ 5-delta - 4-delta isomerase |
114 |
glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
22 |
heat shock protein 90* |
53 |
Cytochrome P450, subfamily XVII (steroid 17-alpha-hydroxylase) |
68 |
heat shock protein 90* |
20 |
alpha subunit of GsGTP binding protein * |
42 |
Aldose reductase |
43 |
alpha subunit of GsGTP binding protein* |
19 |
chorionic gonadotropin |
40 |
Glutathione S-transferase A2 |
28 |
alpha-tubulin |
16 |
elongation factor 1 alpha subunit |
38 |
mitochondrial matrix protein P1 |
28 |
calmodulin |
16 |
proopiomelanocortin (POMC) |
33 |
Prostatic binding protein(a phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein) |
27 |
thymosin beta-4# |
16 |
ribosomal protein S24 |
26 |
Translation elongation factor 1-alpha-1 |
26 |
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A (eIF-4A) isoform 2 |
14 |
Glyoxalase II |
19 |
heat shock protein 90* |
25 |
Proliferation-associated gene A (natural killer-enhancing factor A) |
14 |
18S ribosomal |
18 |
KIAA0018 |
25 |
SPARC/osteonectin |
14 |
tumor susceptiblity protein (TSG101) |
16 |
Ribosomal protein, large, P0# |
23 |
calmodulin-I (CALM1) |
13 |
carboxypeptidase E |
15 |
ribosomal protein L10 |
22 |
Glial fibrillary acidic protein |
13 |
nuclear p68 protein# |
14 |
Ferritin heavy chain |
20 |
membrane glycoprotein M6 |
12 |
thyroid hormone receptor coactivatingprotein |
14 |
thymosin beta-4# |
20 |
Translation elongation factor 1-alpha-1# |
12 |
ribosomal protein S6 |
13 |
23 kD highly basic protein |
19 |
71 kd heat shock cognate protein |
11 |
acidic ribosomal phosphoprotein P0# |
11 |
nonmuscle/smooth muscle alkali myosin light chain |
17 |
cell cycle regulatory protein p95 (NBS1) |
11 |
brain-expressed HHCPA78 homolog |
11 |
SH3 binding protein |
17 |
protein gene product (PGP) 9.5(neuroendocrine marker protein) |
11 |
electron transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase |
11 |
alpha subunit of GsGTP binding protein* |
16 |
amyloid precursor protein |
10 |
histone H3.3 |
11 |
p68 protein# |
16 |
Carboxypeptidase E |
10 |
non-muscle myosin alkali light chain |
11 |
Ribosomal protein L19 |
16 |
| * gene expressed in all three tissues; # genes expressed in two tissue | |||||