Expression and localization of paxillin in rat pancreas during development

Figure 1 Paxillin mRNA expression level in the developing rat pancreas measured by reverse transcriptional polymerase chain reaction. A: From embryonic day (E) 15.5 to adulthood, paxillin mRNA expression in pancreas was highest at E15.5, following a dramatic decrease. Paxillin mRNA was almost undetectable in the adult pancreas. 1: E15.5; 2: E18.5; 3: P0; 4: Adult; M: Marker; B: Paxillin mRNA expression was analyzed and normalized to 18S rRNA. Results are indicated in percentages above the 18S rRNA value and are representative of three independent experiments. Compared to E15.5, the level of paxillin mRNA was lower at E18.5, P0 and adult (^aP < 0.05 vs E18.5, P0 and adult, respectively).