Research Article

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

Table 4

Comprehensive ranking of 15 candidate reference genes integrated by RefFinder.

RankTotalPEGNaClCuSO4H2O2MeJASAColdHotTissue

1TBP (1.19)hnRNP (2.34)EF-1α (1.68)hnRNP (1.97)PTBP2 (2.11)RPL5 (1.68)TBP (1.97)RPL5 (2.14)RPL5 (2.06)PTBP2 (2.34)
2hnRNP (3.08)MDH (3.03)UBCE (2.45)RPL5 (2.58)hnRNP (2.21)MDH (1.86)hnRNP (2.45)PTBP2 (3.56)hnRNP (2.34)hnRNP (2.94)
3EF-1α (3.56)eIF (3.83)hnRNP (3.57)PEPC (3.08)TBP (2.82)hnRNP (2.43)UBCE (2.99)hnRNP (3.83)TBP (3.94)TBP (3.13)
4PP2A (3.83)RPL5 (3.87)TUB (4.00)MDH (4.40)MDH (4.47)ACT2 (3.46)eIF (3.13)EF-1α (3.98)EF-1α (4.28)EF-1α (4.12)
5RPL5 (4.23)TBP (4.43)TBP (4.40)EF-1α (4.43)RPL5 (4.95)TBP (5.42)SAND (5.05)F-box (4.05)UBCE (5.36)UBCE (4.23)
6UBCE (4.82)EF-1α (5.19)RPL5 (4.74)TBP (6.00)F-box (6.45)PTBP2 (5.89)EF-1α (5.48)PP2A (4.90)F-box (5.61)MDH (6.19)
7MDH (6.45)ACT2 (6.15)MDH (7.48)SAND (6.34)PEPC (6.84)EF-1α (7.36)ACT2 (6.24)UBCE (6.05)PP2A (5.73)F-box (6.21)
8eIF (6.96)SAND (6.16)F-box (7.62)eIF (7.24)eIF (7.14)SAND (7.52)PEPC (7.65)PEPC (6.70)eIF (5.83)PP2A (6.67)
9TUB (7.88)UBCE (7.33)PEPC (7.98)F-box (7.62)ACT2 (7.24)eIF (7.84)PP2A (8.57)ACT2 (6.71)PTBP2 (6.09)PEPC (6.93)
10PTBP2 (9.08)PTBP2 (8.74)PP2A (8.21)ACT2 (8.38)PP2A (9.06)TUB (9.93)TUB (9.06)TBP (6.83)TUB (8.71)RPL5 (6.96)
11PEPC (10.70)TUB (10.00)SAND (9.46)PP2A (8.57)TUB (9.19)GAPDH (10.70)RPL5 (9.16)MDH (9.32)PEPC (10.00)GAPDH (9.00)
12SAND (12.20)F-box (10.60)ACT2 (11.00)GAPDH (10.60)UBCE (9.74)UBCE (11.20)PTBP2 (11.50)TUB (10.50)SAND (11.00)ACT2 (10.20)
13ACT2 (12.20)PP2A (10.70)PTBP2 (12.20)UBCE (12.00)SAND (11.70)PEPC (12.20)F-box (12.50)eIF (12.50)GAPDH (12.70)TUB (12.50)
14GAPDH (14.20)GAPDH (12.20)eIF (13.20)PTBP2 (13.50)EF-1α (12.50)PP2A (14.20)GAPDH (12.70)SAND (14.00)ACT2 (12.70)eIF (14.00)
15F-box (14.70)PEPC (13.50)GAPDH (14.20)TUB (14.00)GAPDH (14.00)F-box (14.50)MDH (14.20)GAPDH (15.00)MDH (14.20)SAND (14.70)

RefFinder exploits computational programs (such as BestKeeper, geNorm, Normfinder, or the comparative delta-ct method) to rank and compare candidate reference genes. The values following the genes indicate the geometric mean of the attributed weights measured by this software for the overall final ranking.