The Human Ribosomal Protein Genes: Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of 73 Genes

Table 2.

Comparison of Gene Structures

Human Fly Worm Yeast
Gene length(bp) 4316 922 742 764
CDS length (bp) 541 524 520 498
Number of exons 5.3 2.5 3.0 1.6
Exon length (bp) 103 206 172 303
Intron length (bp) 888 258 110 413
  • Genomic sequences (n = 60) corresponding to the region between the translation start and stop sites were analyzed.

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