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% |