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. 2010 May 18;8(5):e1000371. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000371

Table 2. Overview of transcript units identified in human RNA-Seq samples.

Transcript Units Breakdown by # of Exons
Category Count Fraction Exons Transcript Count Fraction
Exon overlap with known gene 29,029 91.2% 2 9,546 32.9%
3 4,414 15.2%
>3 15,069 51.9%
Non-exon gene overlap, sense strand 475 1.5% 2 422 88.8%
3 29 6.1%
>3 24 5.1%
Non-exon gene overlap, antisense strand 1,055 3.3% 2 927 87.9%
3 94 8.9%
>3 34 3.2%
Intergenic 1,259 4.1% 2 1,040 82.6%
3 168 13.3%
>3 51 4.1%