Table 1 Characteristics of the different selected housekeeping genes

From: ‘Desperate house genes’: the dramatic example of hypoxia

Gene name

Abbreviation

Function

Accession IDs

5′-Primers-3′ (forward/reverse)

Size (bp)

ATP synthase, H+ transporting, mitochondrial F0 complex, subunit C3 (subunit 9)

ATP5G3

Oxydative phosphorylation

NM_001002258.4

GGATTTGCCTTGTCTGAAGC CGTACATTCCCATGACACCA

188

β-2-Microglobulin

B2M

β-Chain of major histocompatibility complex class 1 molecules

NM_004048

CTCACGTCATCCAGCAGAGA TCTTTTTCAGTGGGGGTGAA

198

β-Actin

ACTB

Cytoskeletal structural protein

NM_001101

GGGGTGTTGAAGGTCTCAAA GGCATCCTCACCCTGAAGTA

183

β-Glucuronidase

GUSB

Exoglycosidase in lysosomes

NM_000181

CTGTACACGACACCCACCAC ATTCGCCACGACTTTGTT

208

Cyclophilin A

PPIA

Serine–threonine phosphatase inhibitor

NM_021130

ACCGTGTTCTTCGACATTGC GGCATGAATATTGTGGAGGC

410

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

GAPDH

Glycolysis enzyme

NM_002046

GAGTCCACTGGCGTCTTCAC GGTGCTAAGCAGTTGGTGGT

177

Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1

HPRT1

Hydrolase in carbohydrate metabolism

NM_000194

TGCTCGAGATGTGATGAAGG TCCCCTGTTGACTGGTCATT

181

Phosphoglycerate kinase 1

PGK1

Glycolysis enzyme

L00159

GAAGTGGAGAAAGCCTGTGC CTCTGTGAGCAGTGCCAAAA

159

TATA-box-binding protein

TBP

General RNA polymerase II transcription factor

M55654

TGCCTCCAGAATATGCCTCT CAATGGTTTTCAAGCTTTCCA

203

Transferrin receptor (p90, CD71)

TFRC

Cellular iron uptake

X01060

GGAGAATCCTGGGGGTTATG GCTTTCAGCATTTGCAACCT

202

  1. For each gene, both forward and reverse primers sequences are given with the expected PCR amplimer size.