Table 3.

Splicing regulatory elements previously predicted by systematic studies.

Publication	Number of elements predicted
Fairbrother, W.G., et al. [7]	238 hexamers as candidate ESEs
Zhang, X.H. and L.A. Chasin [8]	Putative 2,069 octamers as exonic splicing enhancers and 974 octamers as exonic splicing silencers
Wang, Z., et al. [24]	133 ESS-containing decanucleotides
Yeo, G.W., E.L. Van Nostrand, and T.Y. Liang [10]	133 5'SS ISEs and 299 3'SS ISEs pentamers
Goren, A., et al. [11]	285 hexamers putative exonic splicing regulatory sequences
Zhang, C., et al. [12]	Putative 1131 hexamers Exon-Identity Elements (EIEs) and 708 Intron-Identity Elements (IIEs)
Stadler, M.B., et al. [13]	380 hexamers as new candidate ESEs and 132 hexamers as new candidate ESSs
Wang, E. T., et. al. [14]	187 5'SS ISEs/ISSs and 175 3'SS ISEs/ISSs hexamers supporting the tissue-specific splicing events