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Gene Expression Data
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Assay
Reference: J:85979 Muller-Decker K, et al., Expression of cyclooxygenase isozymes during morphogenesis and cycling of pelage hair follicles in mouse skin: precocious onset of the first catagen phase and alopecia upon cyclooxygenase-2 overexpression. J Invest Dermatol. 2003 Oct;121(4):661-8
Assay type: Northern blot
MGI Accession ID: MGI:7526784
Gene symbol: Ptgs2
Gene name: prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2
Results Image: 1B COX-2
 Sample Information Bands Other Sample Information
Lane AgeStructure Size Not Specified Amount Genetic BackgroundMutant Allele(s)Sex
P12 P12 TS28: back skin Present (a) 20 µg; total RNA NMRI Not Specified
P17 P17 TS28: back skin Weak (a) 20 µg; total RNA NMRI Not Specified
P21 P21 TS28: back skin Weak (b) 20 µg; total RNA NMRI Not Specified
P28 P28 TS28: back skin Strong (c) 20 µg; total RNA NMRI Not Specified
P49 P49 TS28: back skin Trace (d) 20 µg; total RNA NMRI Not Specified
Notes:
(a) Expression declined with catagen (P17/20) hair follicles.
(b) Expression declined with telogen (P21) hair follicles.
(c) Expression increased during anagen stage (P28)
(d) Expression barely detected in adult skin with telogen hair follicles.

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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
03/25/2025
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