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

[i] 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.