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. 2012 Jan 5;8(1):e1002433. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002433

Figure 2. AREScore distribution in different metazoa.

Figure 2

(A) The AREScore was determined for every annotated transcript with a 3′UTR length ≥10 nt, for Caenorhabditis elegans, Drosophila melanogaster, Danio rerio, Mus musculus and Homo sapiens. mRNAs were grouped according to AREScores of 0–0.99, 1–1.99, 2–2.99, etc. The graph shows the frequency of mRNAs in each group using a linear scale. (B) The same distribution as in panel A is shown on a logarithmic scale to better visualize the low abundant mRNAs with high AREScores; frequencies of 0 were omitted from the graph. (C) The same distribution as in panel A is depicted using cumulative frequencies on a linear scale. (D) The 3′UTR length distribution was plotted for the same set of transcripts. mRNAs were grouped according to 3′UTR lengths of 10–99, 100–199, 200–299, … 1000–1499, 1500–1999, … 4500–4999, and ≥5000 nt.