Research Article

Expression of Tropomyosin 1 Gene Isoforms in Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines

Table 3

Tropomyosin 1 RNA isoform frequencies in various human cardiac tissues and breast epithelial cell lines.

SampleTropomyosin 1 RNA isoform frequencies among cDNA clones
(%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

Fetal heart69 (69)31 (31)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
Adult heart16 (80)4 (20)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)

Malignant breast cell lines
 HCC 11430 (0)0 (0)0 (0)6 (43)8 (57)0 (0)
 HCC 11870 (0)0 (0)9 (64)5 (36)0 (0)0 (0)
 BT 4740 (0)0 (0)14 (100)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
 mDAMB 1570 (0)0 (0)2 (14)3 (22)9 (64)0 (0)
 HCC 18060 (0)0 (0)0 (0)1 (7)13 (93)0 (0)
 HCC 14190 (0)0 (0)5 (36)0 (0)9 (64)0 (0)
 mDAMB 4530 (0)0 (0)9 (64)0 (0)5 (36)0 (0)
 mDAMB 4680 (0)0 (0)5 (36)4 (28)5 (36)0 (0)
 MCF 70 (0)0 (0)14 (100)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
Normal breast cell line
 MCF 100 (0)0 (0)0 (0)3 (22)10 (71)1 (7)