Table 1

Number of housekeeping and tissue-specific genes

Tissues
SN10

Housekeeping
2374
Liver
22
Skeletal muscle
37
Fetal liver
16
Testis
484
Placenta
38
Bone marrow
63
Skin
75
Adrenal gland
13
Prostate
14
Trachea
16
Small intestine
35
Peripheral blood lymphocytes
49
Mammary gland
16
Tonsil
24
Thymus
4
Spleen
14
Fetal kidney
5
Thyroid
7
Brain
34
Heart
26
Lung
16
Salivary gland
17
Ovary
15
Pancreas
20
Fetal thymus
8
Colon
9
Spinal cord
24
Retina
190
Kidney
17
Uterus
12
Fetal brain
61
Average
43.8
Average, somatic tissues
30.9

Dezső et al. BMC Biology 2008 6:49   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-49