Table 1 Expression profiles of candidate reference genes in transcriptome sequencing.

1

Cluster-37.23244

66.303

62.193

64.487

64.830

67.010

64.473

64.883

1.679

0.026

E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase UPL3 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = UPL3 PE = 1 SV = 1

2

Cluster-37.25795

14.100

14.610

14.350

14.520

14.467

15.363

14.568

0.427

0.029

Nuclear transcription factor Y subunit A-9 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = NFYA9 PE = 1 SV = 1

3

Cluster-37.19919

6.660

6.237

6.800

6.440

6.607

6.403

6.524

0.203

0.031

bZIP transcription factor 16 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = BZIP16 PE = 1 SV = 1

4

Cluster-37.24007

15.807

15.080

16.027

15.877

16.447

15.250

15.748

0.506

0.032

Scarecrow-like transcription factor PAT1 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = PAT1 PE = 1 SV = 1

5

Cluster-37.25129

14.923

15.803

15.623

16.607

16.413

16.583

15.992

0.666

0.042

SWI/SNF complex subunit SWI3C OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = SWI3C PE = 1 SV = 1

6

Cluster-37.20455

14.210

12.717

12.903

13.020

13.097

12.807

13.126

0.549

0.042

PRA1 family protein A1 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = PRA1A1 PE = 2 SV = 1

7

Cluster-37.22273

28.917

31.807

29.187

31.723

31.433

30.167

30.539

1.297

0.042

Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 3 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = UCH3 PE = 2 SV = 1

8

Cluster-37.23691

37.053

36.873

37.763

40.150

40.320

40.073

38.706

1.645

0.043

FACT complex subunit SSRP1 OS = Catharanthus roseus OX = 4058 GN = SSRP1 PE = 2 SV = 1

9

Cluster-37.25912

12.693

12.177

12.490

11.497

11.533

11.667

12.009

0.516

0.043

Probable polyamine transporter At3g19553 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = At3g19553 PE = 3 SV = 1

10

Cluster-37.24280

14.343

12.670

13.200

13.657

13.727

13.147

13.457

0.580

0.043

U-box domain-containing protein 62 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = PUB62 PE = 2 SV = 1

11

Cluster-37.17383

15.143

14.870

13.620

14.190

14.247

13.670

14.290

0.618

0.043

Rho GTPase-activating protein 1 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = ROPGAP1 PE = 2 SV = 1

12

Cluster-37.19705

15.343

16.090

14.783

14.757

14.503

14.267

14.957

0.661

0.044

Protein IWS1 homolog 1 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = IWS1 PE = 1 SV = 1

13

Cluster-37.22984

2.410

2.220

2.333

2.350

2.177

2.157

2.274

0.104

0.046

Ubiquitin receptor RAD23c OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = RAD23C PE = 1 SV = 2

14

Cluster-37.22414

77.980

75.553

71.753

81.747

75.687

79.867

77.098

3.550

0.046

26 S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 4 homolog OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = RPN10 PE = 1 SV = 1

15

Cluster-37.24426

18.437

18.660

17.610

20.007

17.850

18.147

18.452

0.851

0.046

NF-X1-type zinc finger protein NFXL1 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = NFXL1 PE = 1 SV = 1

16

Cluster-37.11666

9.630

10.383

9.110

9.810

9.753

9.287

9.662

0.447

0.046

ADP-ribosylation factor-like protein 5 OS = Dictyostelium discoideum OX = 44,689 GN = arl5 PE = 3 SV = 1

17

Cluster-37.32890

8.513

8.200

8.537

7.767

8.917

8.583

8.419

0.393

0.047

NR:CBFB_NFYA domain-containing protein [Cephalotus follicularis]

18

Cluster-37.22646

58.323

53.777

60.797

60.480

60.443

57.083

58.484

2.732

0.047

Homogentisate solanesyltransferase, chloroplastic OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = HST PE = 1 SV = 1

19

Cluster-37.17807

15.470

16.177

16.093

17.560

16.113

17.137

16.425

0.771

0.047

Transcription factor TGAL1 OS = Oryza sativa subsp. japonica OX = 39,947 GN = TGAL1 PE = 1 SV = 2

20

Cluster-37.18684

3.290

3.660

3.203

3.383

3.277

3.407

3.370

0.160

0.048

NADPH: adrenodoxin oxidoreductase, mitochondrial OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = MFDR PE = 1 SV = 1

21

Cluster-37.22228

14.363

15.527

13.907

15.467

14.283

14.083

14.605

0.709

0.049

Homeobox-DDT domain protein RLT2 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = RLT2 PE = 1 SV = 1

22

Cluster-37.22252

33.727

36.930

32.400

35.180

34.867

36.793

34.983

1.753

0.050

Two-component response regulator ORR21 OS = Oryza sativa subsp. indica OX = 39,946 GN = RR21 PE = 3 SV = 1

23

Cluster-37.26541

24.613

23.870

22.157

24.343

25.067

25.813

24.311

1.245

0.051

NAD(P)H-quinone oxidoreductase subunit N, chloroplastic OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = ndhN PE = 1 SV = 1

24

Cluster-37.26945

13.093

13.390

11.563

12.700

13.070

13.150

12.828

0.658

0.051

Histone deacetylase 6 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = HDA6 PE = 1 SV = 1

25

Cluster-37.23473

33.413

33.263

32.567

31.783

30.127

35.113

32.711

1.681

0.051

SMR domain-containing protein At5g58720 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = PIPC PE = 1 SV = 1

26

Cluster-37.22897

16.893

18.170

16.800

18.580

17.427

16.220

17.348

0.892

0.051

GATA transcription factor 24 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = GATA24 PE = 1 SV = 2

27

Cluster-37.30730

39.157

35.600

33.857

36.707

37.890

35.527

36.456

1.885

0.052

Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4B3 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = EIF4B3 PE = 1 SV = 1

28

Cluster-37.18046

12.923

13.167

11.720

12.807

12.803

11.667

12.514

0.650

0.052

ATP-dependent RNA helicase eIF4A OS = Vanderwaltozyma polyspora (strain ATCC 22028/DSM 70294/BCRC 21397/CBS 2163/NBRC 10782/NRRL Y-828 /UCD 57 − 17) OX = 436,907 GN = TIF1 PE = 3 SV = 1

29

Cluster-37.25359

14.157

12.697

12.307

13.000

13.223

12.390

12.962

0.682

0.053

U-box domain-containing protein 4 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = PUB4 PE = 1 SV = 3

30

Cluster-37.22066

26.233

27.820

25.603

29.523

28.487

27.003

27.445

1.456

0.053

Polyadenylate-binding protein RBP45 OS = Nicotiana plumbaginifolia OX = 4092 GN = RBP45 PE = 1 SV = 1

31

Cluster-37.23838

12.840

13.047

11.790

13.833

13.283

13.450

13.041

0.701

0.054

Probable D-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase, mitochondrial OS = Oryza sativa subsp. indica OX = 39,946 GN = D2HGDH PE = 3 SV = 1

32

Cluster-37.11295

3.080

2.797

2.703

2.753

2.663

2.720

2.786

0.151

0.054

F-box/kelch-repeat protein At1g57790 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = At1g57790 PE = 2 SV = 1

33

Cluster-37.24801

14.990

13.000

13.390

13.883

13.017

13.693

13.662

0.741

0.054

NR: hypothetical protein EZV62_015438 [Acer yangbiense]

34

Cluster-37.24229

31.503

31.393

31.533

32.330

27.843

32.437

31.173

1.692

0.054

GATA transcription factor 24 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = GATA24 PE = 1 SV = 2

35

Cluster-37.24001

16.793

18.153

17.470

19.220

19.247

18.750

18.272

0.992

0.054

Probable E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase ARI5 OS = Arabidopsis thaliana OX = 3702 GN = ARI5 PE = 2 SV = 1