From: Validation of oligoarrays for quantitative exploration of the transcriptome
 | Oligoarrays | MPSS | SAGE |
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All detected genes | Â | Â | Â |
No. of unique transcripts1 | 9,786 | 6,088 | 4,827 |
Total transcript concentration2 | 1.1·1011 (no. per μg total RNA) | 5.6·105 (tpm) | 7.6·105 (tpm) |
Average transcript concentration (range)3,4 | 1.1·107 (3.1·104 – 1.4·109) (no. per μg total RNA) | 92 (1 – 22,008) (tpm) | 77 (18 – 6,480) (tpm) |
Total no. transcripts per cell2,3 | 1.1·106 | 2.8·105 | 3.8·105 |
Average no. of transcripts per cell and gene (range)3,4 | 112 (0.3 – 14,387) | 46 (0.5 – 11,004) | 38 (9 – 3,240) |
Overlapping genes | Â | Â | Â |
No. of unique transcripts1 | 1,777 | 1,777 | 1,777 |
Total transcript concentration2 | 3.8·1010 (no. per μg total RNA) | 2.2·105 (tpm) | 1.5·105 (tpm) |
Average transcript concentration (range)3,4 | 2.1·107 (1.6·105 – 9.7·108) (no. per μg total RNA) | 126 (1 – 6,360) (tpm) | 86 (18 – 2,536) (tpm) |
Total no. transcripts per cell2,3 | 3.8·105 | 1.1·105 | 7.6·104 |
Average no. of transcripts per cell and gene (range)3,4 | 213 (1.6 – 9,705) | 63 (0.5 – 3,180) | 43 (9 – 1,268) |