Analysis of the floral transcriptome uncovers new regulators of organ determination and gene families related to flower organ differentiation in Gerbera hybrida (Asteraceae)

Table 6.

Verification of the expression data retrieved from the microarray comparison of flowers versus leaves with real time reverse transcriptase PCR.





Quantitative RT-PCR
Microarray
Raw (Ct)
Normalized ΔCt
EST ID
Annotation
Average ratio F/L
Flower
Leaf
Flower
Leaf
Ratio F/L
G0000100033H3 Polyphenol oxidase 0.41 18.44 25.99 3.61 11.51 0.004
G0000100002G1 Flavonoid 1-2 rhamnosyltransferase 0.73 24.38 26.34 9.55 11.86 0.202
G0000300001A5 Non-specific lipid transfer protein 1.49 22.08 19.61 7.25 5.13 4.347
G0000300017G4 Cytochrome P450 0.32 23.07 25.66 8.24 11.18 0.130
G0000700010E10
T-complex protein
0.75
21.12
20.99
6.29
6.51
0.859
  • The raw threshold cycle (Ct) values were normalized against a ubiquitin standard to get normalized ΔCt values. The expression differences in the leaf and flower sample were calculated from the formula 2ΔCt flower / ΔCt leaf. F = flower, L = leaf.

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