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Table 5 BLAST matches in the other genomes and databases (E-value < 0.01)

From: Comparative analysis of genome tiling array data reveals many novel primate-specific functional RNAs in human

Genome or database

Number of hits

fraction

Human EST library

12,021

70%

Human cDNA library

7,546

44%

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

15,757

92%

Macaque cDNA library

5,955

35%

Mouse genome

8,011

47%

Mouse EST library

7,546

44%

Rat genome

7,691

45%

* Rodents: mouse ∪ rat

9,184

53%

Dog (Canis familiaris,) partial genome

7,924

46%

Chicken (Gallus gallus)

3,600

21%

Frog (Xenopus tropicalis)

2,279

13%

Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes)

2,254

13%

Green spotted pufferfish (Tetraodon nigroviridis)

2,069

12%

** Pufferfish: Takifugu rubripes ∪ Tetraodon nigroviridis

2867

17%

Sea squirt (Ciona intestinalis)

607

4%

Noncoding RNA Databases

  

Rfam

252

1%

RNAdb

1,995

12%

mirBase

138

1%

NONCODE

379

2%

*** Rfam ∪ RNAdb ∪ mirBase ∪ NONCODE

2,637

15%

Total number of TARs reported by Bertone et al.

17,198

 
  1. * number of TARs that have hits in either mouse or rat genome, The symbol ∪ represents the union of two sets
  2. ** number of TARs that have hits in either species of pufferfish
  3. *** number of TARs that have hits in either of the noncoding RNA database