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Table 3 An extended list of candidate reference genes

Gene symbol	L11*	L11_eq**	L19***
ACTG1	+	–	+
EEF1A1	+	+	+
HCFC1	–	–	–
HNRNPA1	–	–	–
HUWE1	–	–	–
NACAP1	–	–	–
PKD2L1	–	–	–
PTMA	+	–	+
RPL10	+	–	–
RPL22	–	–	–
RPL23A	–	–	–
RPL37A	+	+	+
RPL39	+	–	+
RPL41	+	+	+
RPL7	+	–	+
RPL9	+	–	+
RPS10	+	–	+
RPS15A	–	–	–
RPS16	+	–	+
RPS18	+	–	+
RPS20	+	–	–
RPS23	–	–	+
RPS3A	–	–	+
RPS4X	+	–	–
TPT1	+	–	+

*L11: presence of a gene in the list of maintenance genes expressed in eleven human adult and fetal tissues [11].
**L11_eq: presence of a gene in the list of 47 transcripts expressed at the same level in eleven human adult and fetal tissues [11].
***L19: presence of a gene in the list of 451 housekeeping genes from 19 normal human tissue types [15].