Table 3

Splicing pattern and coding potential of Arabidopsis full-length cDNAs and annotated genes


UniGene cDNAs
RIKEN cDNAs
The Arabidopsis genome

Total transcripts
20,683
13,181
29,993
Number of transcripts with perfect genome match
17,814
12,877
29,993
Number of transcripts with ORFs
16,621
12,544
26,207
Number of non-spliced transcripts with ORFs
2,534
1,555
4,722
Number of transcripts without ORFs
1,193
333
3,786
Number of non-spliced transcripts without ORFs
466
130
3,786

The splicing pattern of each transcript was obtained by aligning its corresponding cDNA sequences to the Arabidopsis genome using sim4. The coding potential of the genomic sequence of each transcript was examined by GeneScan.

Wang et al. Genome Biology 2005 6:R30   doi:10.1186/gb-2005-6-4-r30