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. 2014 May 13;9(5):e97469. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097469

Table 4. Comparison of the expression stability of 13 reference genes in Saccharum officinarum as calculated by geNorm, Normfinder and deltaCt.

Rank 1st set 4th set
geNorm NormFinder deltaCt geNorm NormFinder deltaCt
gene stability gene stability gene stability gene stability gene stability gene stability
1 CAC 0.343 GAPDH 0.053 GAPDH 0.940 GAPDH 0.333 eIF-4α 0.218 CAC 1.060
2 CUL 0.343 eEF-1a 0.148 eEF-1a 1.040 eEF-1a 0.333 eEF-1a 0.419 eIF-4α 1.070
3 APRT 0.464 18S rRNA 0.156 18S rRNA 1.070 CUL 0.438 TUB ** 0.419 GAPDH 1.080
4 TIPS-41 0.657 eIF-4α 0.167 eIF-4α 1.100 CAC 0.453 UBQ 0.445 CUL 1.090
5 GAPDH 0.726 APRT 0.253 TIPS-41 1.130 APRT 0.526 GAPDH 0.505 eEF-1a 1.100
6 eEF-1a 0.777 25S rRNA 0.255 APRT 1.130 eIF-4α 0.598 ACT * 0.546 UBQ 1.110
7 eIF-4α 0.827 CAC 0.256 CAC 1.190 PRR 0.800 CUL 0.571 APRT 1.160
8 18S rRNA 0.876 TIPS-41 0.258 CUL 1.220 25S rRNA 1.080 APRT 0.580 25S rRNA 1.220
9 TUB ** 0.955 CUL 0.302 25S rRNA 1.300 ACT * 1.254 PRR 0.616 18S rRNA 1.390
10 25S rRNA 1.023 TUB ** 0.315 TUB ** 1.300 18S rRNA 1.378 CAC 0.668 ACT * 1.480
11 PRR 1.102 ACT * 0.335 ACT * 1.430 TUB ** 1.518 25S rRNA 0.744 PRR 1.930
12 ACT * 1.172 PRR 0.417 PRR 1.560 UBQ 1.602 18S rRNA 0.787 TUB ** 2.190
13 UBQ 1.274 UBQ 0.494 UBQ 1.810 TIPS-41 1.827 TIPS-41 1.092 TIPS-41 2.750

*β-actin,

**β-tubulin.