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Table 1 Numbers of transcription factor genes encoding alternative isoforms

From: The significance of alternative transcripts for Caenorhabditis eleganstranscription factor genes, based on expression pattern analysis

Category

Number of transcription factor genes

Total considered

938

No evidence for alternative transcripts

677

Alternative transcripts encode same protein

64

Alternative transcripts annotated to encode different isoforms

197

Alternative unique starting exon - strong evidence

21

Alternative unique starting exon - weak evidence

7

Nested alternative starts

22

Alternative terminal exon - strong evidence

0

Alternative terminal exon - weak evidence

23

Non-constitutive internal exon - strong evidence

0

Non-constitutive internal exon - weak evidence

5

Non-constitutive internal intron - strong evidence

3

Non-constitutive internal intron - weak evidence

3

Alternative splice site selection - strong evidence

4

Alternative splice site selection - weak evidence

20

Alternative transcripts by multiple mechanisms - strong evidence

9

Alternative transcripts by multiple mechanisms - weak evidence

25

Alternative transcript evidence considered invalid

55

  1. Footnote: The names of each gene placed in each category above are provided in Additional file 1: Table S1.