Figure 2

GeNorm analysis of candidate ECs. (A) Average expression stability of the EC candidates as calculated using GeNorm. A stability value (M) was calculated for each candidate EC. The least stable gene with the highest M value was automatically excluded and M values recalculated for the remaining ECs, ultimately resulting in a stability value for the two most stable ECs. (B) Determination of the optimal number of ECs for normalisation. The V value defines the pairwise variation between two sequential normalisation factors. GeNorm indicated optimal normalisation of gene expression could be achieved using the top five most stable ECs.