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. 2013 Jul 23;14:498. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-498

Table 3.

Protein-coding gene statistics of selected Viridiplantae

 
 
C. reinhardtii
P. patens
P. patens
S. moellendorffii
O. sativa
A. thaliana
    (V4.1) (V1.2) (V1.6) (FM3) (V6.1) (TAIR10)
Genes
#
15,935
27,726
32,275
22,259
40,577
27,206
Transcripts
#
15,935
27,966
38,357
22,259
50,939
35,176
Gene length [bp]

5,363
2,499
2,369
1,699
2,816
2,190
 

4,273
1,878
1,809
1,368
2,148
1,896
Transcript length [bp]

2,898
1,269
1,389
1,194
1,540
1,540
 

2,284
987
1,248
987
1,395
1,388
CDS length [bp]

2,043
1,131
1,062
1,145
1,079
1,234
 

1,425
867
813
951
879
1,053
Exon length [bp]

322
234
275
213
313
261
 

155
145
155
128
158
147
Intron length [bp]

308
277
278
110
415
164
 

238
206
213
59
169
100
Exons per gene

9.0
5.4
5.0
5.6
4.9
5.9
 

7
4
3
4
3
4
Introns per gene

8.0
4.4
4.0
4.6
3.9
4.9
 

6
3
2
3
2
3
5'-UTR exon length [bp]

181
171
211
92
189
119
 

138
127
157
50
122
88
5'-UTR intron length [bp]

513
502
520
184
666
315
 

274
353
390
70
355
239
3'-UTR exon length [bp]

634
323
338
166
377
217
 

537
299
311
110
316
201
3'-UTR intron length [bp]

859
505
268
280
500
204
 

470.5
215
213
65
180
104
5'-UTR length [bp]

204
231
307
110
254
152
 

158
184
258
54
156
112
3'-UTR length [bp]

653
352
367
194
464
237
 

551
322
334
121
358
210
Multi exon transcript
#
15,322
23,758
29,378
18,789
40,859
29,050
 
%
96.1%
84.9%
76.6%
84.4%
80.2%
82.6%
Single exon transcript
#
613
4,208
8,979
3,470
10,080
6,126
 
%
3.9%
15.1%
23.4%
15.6%
19.8%
17.4%
Transcripts with both 5' and 3'-UTR
#
15,856
4,515
15,757
2,178
31,089
26,255
Transcripts with 5'-UTR
#
15,896
5,691
18,180
2,506
31,793
27,097
Transcripts with 3'-UTR
#
15,895
7,205
19,041
3,653
33,252
28,049
Transcripts without UTR
#
0
19,585
16,893
18,278
16,983
6,285
Multi exon 5'-UTR
#
1,743
1,556
7,120
399
7,940
6,486
 
%
11.0%
27.3%
39.2%
15.9%
25.0%
23.9%
Single exon 5'-UTR
#
14,153
4,135
11,060
2,107
23,853
20,611
 
%
89.0%
72.7%
60.8%
84.1%
75.0%
76.1%
Multi exon 3'-UTR
#
480
462
1,387
522
5,010
2,027
 
%
3.0%
6.4%
7.3%
14.3%
15.1%
33.1%
Single exon 3'-UTR
#
15,415
6,743
17,654
3,131
28,242
26,022
  % 97.0% 93.6% 92.7% 85.7% 84.9% 92.8%

Selected properties of structure and organization of protein-coding genes within Viridiplantae. A more detailed list can be found in Additional file 4: Table A3. x̄ - average x̃ - median # - amount.