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

Table 4.

Summary of ECgene for the rat genome




Part A

Part A + B

Part A + B + C
No. of genes 30,267 38,566 94,673
   No. of spliced genes (multi-exon genes) 23,707 26,215 27,406
   No. of unspliced genes (single-exon genes) 6560 12,351 67,267
No. of transcripts 46,707 57,352 114,378
   No. of spliced transcripts 39,441 44,082 46,083
   No. of protein-coding transcripts 42,505 52,247 92,238
      No. of protein-coding transcripts with a polyA tail 13,371 16,301 17,433
   No. of noncoding transcripts 4202 5105 22,140
      No. of noncoding transcripts with a polyA tail 879 1039 1040
No. of alternatively spliced genes 5294 7572 8699
   Percentage of alternatively spliced genes among multi-exon genes 22% 29% 32%
   No. of alternative spliced genes with at least one EST-only splice variants 4476 6604 7722
Average number of isoforms for spliced genesa
1.7
1.7
1.7
  • a Average number of isoforms per gene for spliced genes = No. of spliced transcripts/No. of spliced genes

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