Table 3

The mean expression ratios of the ALS1 and ALS3 genes in all the C. albicans biofilm samples compared to all the planktonic samples calculated with four different normalization strategies.

Genes
Fold expression calculated with four different normalization strategies

ALS1
5HK
3HK
ACT1
cDNA
Mean
2.98
3.67
5.12
3.35
SD
1.64
2.11
2.33
1.53
Range
0.67–7.54
0.68–8.41
1.85–10.58
1.08–6.57
ALS3
5HK
3HK
ACT1
cDNA
Mean
0.069
0.083
0.15
0.10
SD
0.02
0.022
0.069
0.033
Range
0.042–0.13
0.044–0.14
0.072–0.35
0.046–0.16

Nailis et al. BMC Molecular Biology 2006 7:25   doi:10.1186/1471-2199-7-25