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Table 1 Properties of various human genome annotations.

From: Assessing the impact of human genome annotation choice on RNA-seq expression estimates

 

Genome Annotations

 

AceView Genes

H-InvDB Genes

Ensembl Genes

VegaGenes

UCSCKnown Genes

RefSeqGenes

Version

2010

8.0

67

48

-

-

Database Downloaded Date

Nov. 12, 2011

Apr. 20, 2012

May 1, 2012

June 26, 2012

Dec. 21, 2011

July 23, 2012

# of Genes

72,376

43,893

48,817

44,880

28,423

23,731

# of Isoforms

259,426

236,861

177,858

158,835

75,725

41,099

# of Exons

678,503

542,099

534,400

493,509

273,711

227,710

Average # of Isoforms per Gene

3.58

5.40

3.64

3.54

2.66

1.73

Maximum # of Isoforms per Gene

(with HGNC Gene Name)

119

(TRAV37)

885

(EEF1A1)

82

(GPR56)

77

(NDRG2)

129

(UTY)

77

(UTY)

Annotated Percentage (%) Gene

52.93

45.09

49.61

48.29

44.28

40.17

Exon

5.70

3.72

3.63

3.53

2.70

2.27

Coding Sequence

1.71

1.43

1.14

1.05

1.13

1.07

  1. The annotated percentage is the total length of all genomic elements (gene, exon, or coding sequence) over the entire length of the human genome