Table 4

The thirty genes with the least interindividual variation in macular RPE gene expression levels among six healthy human donors, sorted ascending by coefficient of variation (CV).

gene symbol

Genbank ID

mean intensity μint perc

CV perc

gene name


EXOC3

BC001511

85

< 1

Exocyst complex component 3


PDXK

AI571369

74

< 1

Pyridoxal (pyridoxine, vitamin B6) kinase


ACY1

NM_000666

63

< 1

Aminoacylase 1


SS18L1

AB014593

70

< 1

Synovial sarcoma translocation gene on chromosome 18-like 1


FOSL1

NM_005438

86

< 1

FOS-like antigen 1


FPRL2

NM_002030

56

< 1

Formyl peptide receptor-like 2


CPSF4

NM_006693

62

< 1

Cleavage and polyadenylation specific factor 4, 30 kDa


FAM110B

AK023658

40

< 1

Chromosome 8 open reading frame 72


RAB20

AW861333

20

< 1

Transcribed locus


CHD2

AW896069

15

< 1

Chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 2


BI001591

BI001591

20

< 1

Transcribed locus


FATE1

NM_033085

37

< 1

Fetal and adult testis expressed 1


CLEC4E

NM_014358

44

< 1

C-type lectin domain family 4, member E


PARN

NM_002582

75

< 1

Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (deadenylation nuclease)


KIAA0586

NM_014749

59

< 1

KIAA0586


TMEM156

NM_024943

41

< 1

Transmembrane protein 156


CSNK2A1

NM_001895

59

< 1

Casein kinase 2, alpha 1 polypeptide


CGI-96

NM_015703

35

< 1

CGI-96 protein


LOC442100

BM127012

26

< 1

Transcribed locus


MYST3

NM_006766

93

< 1

MYST histone acetyltransferase (monocytic leukemia) 3


ZMYND8

AF144233

33

< 1

Protein kinase C binding protein 1


C20orf11

AK025775

88

< 1

Chromosome 20 open reading frame 11


GAK

NM_005255

89

< 1

Cyclin G associated kinase


SOBP

NM_018013

67

< 1

hypothetical protein FLJ10159


ZNF665

NM_024733

16

< 1

Zinc finger protein 665


BG742052

BG742052

57

< 1

cDNA clone


OR2A7

AF327904

57

< 1

Olfactory receptor, family 2, subfamily A, member 7


PRKCE

NM_005400

18

<1

Protein kinase C, epsilon


RNF14

AB022663

88

< 1

Ring finger protein 14


SELENBP1

NM_003944

93

< 1

Selenium binding protein 1


Perc: percentile.

Booij et al. BMC Genomics 2009 10:164   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-164

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