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Table 1 Mapping percentages for the different RNA-seq methods and samples

From: mRNA-seq whole transcriptome profiling of fresh frozen versus archived fixed tissues

 

mRNA-seq

RiboZero

Nugen

FF

FFPE

FFPE old

FF

FFPE

FF

FFPE

n = 6

n = 5

n = 3

n = 3

n = 3

n = 3

n = 6

Exons

58 (51–63)

29.2 (16.6–38.8)

20.1 (13.8–32.2)

21.4 (14.9–30)

8.4 (0.6–12.7)

20.3 (16–22.7)

3.9 (0.8–7)

Intronic/intergenic

25 (20–32)

28.2 (22.3–32.6)

23.3 (18.9–27.4)

44.4 (35.1–55.5)

70.2 (61.7–75.2)

65.1 (63.1–67.9)

32.5 (24.5–43.1)

rRNA

1.3 (0.9–1.6)

12.7 (4.17–17.8)

6.4 (2.7–12.9)

24.7 (1.15–45.3)

5.3 (0.9–13.4)

0.07 (0.05–0.08)

1.2 (0.3–2.2)

Multiple alignment

11.9 (9.5–15)

5.9 (3.8–7.2)

4.2 (2.63–6)

6.3 (2–10)

6.5 (6.2–6.6)

9.6 (8.7–10.3)

3.6 (2.7–4.7)

Unmapped

3.8 (3.7–4)

24 (10.9–44.9)

45.7 (31.6–54)

3 (2.7–3.3)

9.6 (5.3–17.8)

4.8 (4.2–6.1)

58.7 (43–67.8)

  1. Values presented as mean percentage (range)
  2. n = number of measurements (#of tumor samples X number of initial RNA amounts)