Table 3

Control genes ranked in order of their expression stability*

Neuroblastoma
Fibroblast
Leukocyte
Bone marrow
Normal pool

B2M
HMBS
ACTB
ACTB
B2M
RPL13A
B2M
HMBS
B2M
ACTB
ACTB
RPL13A
HPRT1
HMBS
YWHAZ
TBP
SDHA
SDHA
TBP
RPL13A
YWHAZ
TBP
TBP
SDHA
UBC
HMBS
ACTB
RPL13A
GAPD
TBP
UBC
UBC
GAPD
HPRT1
HPRT1
SDHA
YWHAZ
B2M
YWHAZ
HMBS
HPRT1 - GAPD
HPRT1 - GAPD
UBC - YWHAZ
UBC - RPL13A
SDHA - GAPD

*Increasing from top to bottom; the two most stable control genes in each cell type, for example HPRT1 and GAPD in fibroblasts, cannot be ranked in order because of the required use of gene ratios for gene-stability measurements.

Vandesompele et al. Genome Biology 2002 3:research0034.1   doi:10.1186/gb-2002-3-7-research0034