ECgene: Genome-based EST clustering and gene modeling for alternative splicing

Table 2.

Summary of ECgene for the human genome




Part A

Part A + B

Part A + B + C
No. of genes 57,172 82,179 311,252
   No. of spliced genes (multi-exon genes) 37,497 43,177 49,546
   No. of unspliced genes (single-exon genes) 19,675 39,002 261,706
No. of transcripts 179,810 333,513 658,942
   No. of spliced transcripts 154,741 287,934 389,778
   No. of protein-coding transcripts 162,645 312,397 558,673
      No. of protein-coding transcripts with a polyA tail 82,952 172,888 237,619
   No. of noncoding transcripts 17,165 21,116 100,269
      No. of noncoding transcripts with a polyA tail 5082 5454 5481
No. of alternatively spliced genes 9482 14,994 21,266
   Percentage of alternatively spliced genes among multi-exon genes 25% 35% 43%
   No. of alternative spliced genes with at least one EST-only splice variants 7524 12,563 18,793
Average number of isoforms for spliced genesa
4.1
6.7
7.9
  • a Average number of isoforms per gene for spliced genes = No. of spliced transcripts/No. of spliced genes

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