Table 1.

Results of Gene Finding

Search methodsNumber of positives
Total number of ORFs larger  than 300 bp (starting with  ATG)151
Number of ORFs larger than  700 bp (starting with ATG) 29
GRAIL (human) 38 hits
Database homology  8 ORFs + 1 RNA gene
GRAIL + database homology  8 ORFs[i]
ORFs confirmed by single-pass  cDNA sequencing  4[ii]

[i] All GenBank-positive ORFs were identified by GRAIL.

[ii] One of these ORFs is located in a VIPER repetitive element.