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. 2007 Mar 19;8(3):R40. doi: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-3-r40

Table 3.

Classification of S-AS pairs in reference to their orientation and the presence of introns at the genome level for both genes in a pair

NAT pair Human Mouse


5'5' Embedded 3'3' 5'5' Embedded 3'3'
Both with intron 342 (61%) 351 (35%) 417 (78%) 259 (45%) 394 (49%) 390 (78%)
Intron-intronless 206 (36%) 645 (64%) 103 (19%) 285 (49%) 398 (50%) 96 (19%)
Both intronless 18 (3%) 14 (1%) 13 (3%) 33 (6%) 8 (1%) 16 (3%)
Total 566 1,010 533 577 800 502

5'5', head-head orientation; 3'3', tail-tail orientation.