Table 1 The top 100 most expressed genes of M. tuberculosis in log-phase growth. For other active genes, refer to Additional file 4.

Rv1641

infC

11397

1612

Rv0709

rpmC

4436

859

Rv1872c

lldD2

10798

1943

Rv0170

mce1B

4383

723

Rv1398c

-

10543

2353

Rv3219

whiB1

4380

467

Rv1038c

esxJ

10524

1911

Rv1094

desA2

4331

359

Rv1037c

esxI

9677

2110

Rv3053c

nrdH

4315

430

Rv3874

esxB

9539

2143

Rv2007c

fdxA

4217

1604

Rv3614c

-

8992

3003

Rv1388

mihF

4191

611

Rv2031c

hspX

8926

2861

Rv0704

rplB

4140

917

Rv3615c

-

8718

2869

Rv1980c

mpt64

4063

1067

Rv3648c

cspA

8362

1199

Rv3459c

rpsK

4044

393

Rv3131

-

8102

3991

Rv0682

rpsL

4034

393

Rv2348c

-

7796

2033

Rv0715

rplX

4004

773

Rv3407

-

7792

1011

Rv3130c

-

3991

1822

Rv3616c

-

7388

2263

Rv2442c

rplU

3988

432

Rv3583c

-

7366

851

Rv0718

rpsH

3982

799

Rv0288

esxH

7332

1684

Rv3412

-

3952

331

Rv3841

bfrB

7057

1518

Rv1306

atpF

3857

609

Rv1871c

-

7039

840

Rv0655

mkl

3727

408

Rv3408

-

6953

884

Rv1174c

TB8.4

3721

321

Rv1397c

-

6931

1091

Rv0708

rplP

3658

825

Rv3804c

fbpA

6875

410

Rv0440

groEL2

3650

935

Rv0703

rplW

6378

651

Rv0668

rpoC

3637

661

Rv3461c

rpmJ

6349

379

Rv3849

-

3615

650

Rv1298

rpmE

6160

765

Rv1211

-

3606

386

Rv3418c

groES

6017

1376

Rv2204c

-

3605

594

Rv1177

fdxC

6004

569

Rv1310

atpD

3604

694

Rv0685

tuF

5895

438

Rv3281

-

3579

602

Rv1297

rhO

5609

950

Rv3051c

nrdE

3490

405

Rv3460c

rpsM

5602

552

Rv0009

ppiA

3479

519

Rv0824c

desA1

5569

698

Rv2161c

-

3452

934

Rv2094c

tatA

5552

866

Rv1308

atpA

3439

467

Rv3462c

infA

5324

291

Rv0167

yrbE1A

3439

620

Rv0700

rpsJ

5315

464

Rv3457c

rpoA

3396

841

Rv1072

-

5244

450

Rv0174

mce1F

3393

604

Rv0144

-

5177

653

Rv0641

rplA

3376

464

Rv0287

esxG

5135

1345

Rv2457c

clpX

3371

337

Rv2986c

hupB

5127

953

Rv1109c

-

3366

335

Rv2137c

-

5070

962

Rv2785c

rpsO

3361

365

Rv3127

-

4963

1788

Rv3052c

nrdI

3356

295

Rv2840c

-

4959

277

Rv0710

rpsQ

3323

715

Rv3679

-

4952

995

Rv0639

nusG

3320

749

Rv0706

rplV

4943

950

Rv0569

-

3283

1757

Rv1738

-

4921

2210

Rv1827

cfp17

3214

212

Rv0702

rplD

4868

415

Rv2159c

-

3197

832

Rv0701

rplC

4822

429

Rv0640

rplK

3169

256

Rv1642

rpmI

4816

562

Rv2392

cysH

3147

663

Rv2244

acpM

4650

1053

Rv2196

qcrB

3137

578

Rv1884c

rpfC

4642

615

Rv2391

nirA

3110

822

Rv1305

atpE

4488

679

Rv0289

-

3088

583

Rv0705

rpsS

4476

908

Rv3153

nuoI

3066

747