Integrating multiple genome annotation databases improves the interpretation of microarray gene expression data

BMC Genomics

Table 3 Summary of genes and transcripts matched by the probes using different databases

	GenBank	RefSeq	Ensembl	ZFIN	Biomart	UCSC
Number of transcripts matched by the probes	12,803	6,688	8,076	25,665	23,212	28,356
Number of genes matched by the probes	7,069	6,560	6,347	7,003	6,983	7,725
Number of genes matched by ≥ 2 probe sets	1,296	202	726	1,809	1,439	2,069
Average number of transcripts per probe set	1.493	0.988	1.129	2.791	2.658	2.766
Average number of probe sets per gene	1.213	1.032	1.127	1.313	1.250	1.327

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