Figure 4.

Identification of transcripts of novel lncRNAs. (a) Schematic representation of the 3′ structures of eight novel lncRNAs, namely Spnc1-8 (in red), and their poly(A) tails (in purple), which were confirmed by 3′RACE. Known gene models are shown in dark blue. (b) Identification of the male-specific lncRNA Spnc7 and long non-coding RNA linc-40 by RT-PCR. The Act-1 gene was used as control.