Research Article

Selection and Validation of Appropriate Reference Genes for Quantitative RT-PCR Analysis in Rubia yunnanensis Diels Based on Transcriptome Data

Table 3

Expression stability values for R. yunnanensis candidate reference genes calculated by BestKeeper.

RankTotalPEGNaClCuSO4H2O2MeJASAColdHotTissue

1hnRNPACT2F-boxF-boxPP2AMDHSANDACT2F-boxUBCE
2.66 ± 0.650.23 ± 0.060.77 ± 0.180.74 ± 0.170.49 ± 0.111.50 ± 0.390.33 ± 0.091.07 ± 0.290.99 ± 0.232.35 ± 0.51
2TBPRPL5RPL5SANDPEPCRPL5TUBTBPeIFPP2A
3.17 ± 0.730.45 ± 0.101.09 ± 0.241.50 ± 0.410.54 ± 0.111.88 ± 0.410.68 ± 0.181.52 ± 0.361.11 ± 0.252.87 ± 0.72
3PP2ATUBTUBMDHMDHACT2hnRNPUBCEPEPCGAPDH
3.24 ± 0.800.53 ± 0.141.19 ± 0.331.79 ± 0.460.75 ± 0.162.10 ± 0.560.75 ± 0.191.52 ± 0.371.42 ± 0.343.36 ± 0.80
4TUBeIFTBPTBPF-boxhnRNPUBCEPEPCPTBP2hnRNP
3.52 ± 0.970.74 ± 0.171.25 ± 0.291.98 ± 0.470.80 ± 0.142.23 ± 0.550.93 ± 0.211.76 ± 0.411.43 ± 0.343.60 ± 0.89
5RPL5hnRNPhnRNPhnRNPPTBP2SANDTBPhnRNPPP2APEPC
4.08 ± 0.890.75 ± 0.191.37 ± 0.332.39 ± 0.590.99 ± 0.232.45 ± 0.640.96 ± 0.221.94 ± 0.471.48 ± 0.363.67 ± 0.82
6SANDF-boxMDHACT2hnRNPGAPDHPP2APTBP2TBPTBP
4.55 ± 1.190.77 ± 1.181.44 ± 0.352.45 ± 0.631.06 ± 0.252.59 ± 0.691.01 ± 0.241.94 ± 0.512.14 ± 0.504.00 ± 0.92
7eIFMDHSANDPP2AACT2PTBP2ACT2F-boxTUBMDH
4.58 ± 1.081.03 ± 0.251.46 ± 0.372.63 ± 0.651.09 ± 0.272.84 ± 0.731.46 ± 0.402.00 ± 0.472.36 ± 0.634.12 ± 0.99
8MDHSANDPEPCeIFTBPeIFeIFTUBhnRNPACT2
4.73 ± 1.161.05 ± 0.271.62 ± 0.332.69 ± 0.641.16 ± 0.262.94 ± 0.701.64 ± 0.402.02 ± 0.582.77 ± 0.6744.94 ± 1.22
9UBCEPTBP2ACT2GAPDHTUBTBPPEPCPP2ARPL5PTBP2
4.76 ± 1.061.08 ± 0.261.68 ± 0.422.73 ± 0.681.17 ± 0.323.11 ± 0.741.97 ± 0.442.03 ± 0.512.90 ± 0.655.15 ± 1.25
10PTBP2UBCEUBCEPEPCUBCETUBF-boxRPL5EF-1αRPL5
5.16 ± 1.281.37 ± 0.291.73 ± 0.373.01 ± 0.661.33 ± 0.283.76 ± 1.062.05 ± 0.512.10 ± 0.482.94 ± 0.575.22 ± 1.17
11ACT2PP2AEF-1αRPL5RPL5UBCEPTBP2MDHUBCEF-box
5.34 ± 1.371.38 ± 0.341.96 ± 0.363.06 ± 0.671.44 ± 0.284.02 ± 0.942.07 ± 0.542.48 ± 0.643.19 ± 0.755.59 ± 1.33
12PEPCTBPPP2AEF-1αeIFEF-1αEF-1αEF-1αSANDTUB
5.45 ± 1.201.48 ± 0.332.05 ± 0.523.09 ± 0.601.50 ± 0.344.11 ± 0.832.08 ± 0.422.53 ± 0.513.67 ± 1.036.16 ± 1.69
13EF-1αGAPDHPTBP2UBCESANDF-boxGAPDHSANDACT2SAND
5.60 ± 1.091.84 ± 0.402.68 ± 0.653.25 ± 0.741.85 ± 0.464.11 ± 1.092.18 ± 0.602.89 ± 0.813.84 ± 1.077.03 ± 1.78
14F-boxEF-1αeIFTUBGAPDHPEPCRPL5eIFGAPDHEF-1α
6.22 ± 1.461.87 ± 0.353.61 ± 0.843.77 ± 1.051.94 ± 0.494.92 ± 1.102.37 ± 0.513.02 ± 0.724.00 ± 1.097.15 ± 1.41
15GAPDHPEPCGAPDHPTBP2EF-1αPP2AMDHGAPDHMDHeIF
7.09 ± 1.751.96 ± 0.404.01 ± 0.894.46 ± 1.202.19 ± 0.395.04 ± 1.263.14 ± 0.793.25 ± 0.835.49 ± 1.387.53 ± 1.80

Fifteen candidate reference genes are evaluated by the lowest values of the coefficient of variance (CV) and standard deviation (SD), and these values are showed as CV ± SD.