Figure 7

Relative expression of defensins. A to G: Relative expression of DEFB109 (defensin beta 109), SPAG11B_C (sperm associated antigen 11B isoform C), DEFB121 (defensin beta 121), DEFB111 (defensin beta 111), DEFB113 (defensin beta 113), SPAG11B_E (sperm associated antigen 11B isoform E), DEFB129 (defensin beta 129) is represented as the percent of total intensity obtained on microarray (black) and for some compare with the percent of total amplicon intensity measured on the 12 samples studied (Grey). T: Testis, VE: Vas efferens, 0 to 8/9: nine epididymal zones, VD: Vas deferens. H to N: Comparison of the pig deduced amino acid sequences of each beta-defensin from different mammalian species. Amino acid residues that are identical between at least two sequences in alignments are placed in shaded boxes. Cysteins of the beta-defensin domain are in bold and for each protein, numbers of amino acids between the characteristic cysteins are reported in boxes. Hyphens represent gaps introduced for optimal alignment. O: Accession number of sequences used for alignments.