Research Article
Role of Gene Length in Control of Human Gene Expression: Chromosome-Specific and Tissue-Specific Effects
Table 2
Tissue specificity of genes in the tissue-targeted database.
| | Short genes | Midlength genes | Long genes | All genes | Tissue | Alla | % | All | % | All | % | All | % |
| Testis | 141 | 27.2 | 311 | 24.7 | 119 | 18.7 | 571 | 23.7 | Brain | 67 | 12.9 | 207 | 16.5 | 262 | 41.2 | 536 | 22.2 | Spleen | 62 | 12.0 | 112 | 8.9 | 21 | 3.3 | 195 | 8.1 | Liver | 33 | 6.4 | 73 | 5.8 | 11 | 1.7 | 117 | 4.9 | Skin | 27 | 5.2 | 61 | 4.9 | 9 | 1.4 | 97 | 4.0 | Sm. intestine | 14 | 2.7 | 57 | 4.5 | 9 | 1.4 | 80 | 3.3 | Esophagus | 14 | 2.7 | 46 | 3.7 | 11 | 1.7 | 71 | 2.9 | Kidney | 10 | 1.9 | 46 | 3.7 | 10 | 1.6 | 66 | 2.7 | Muscle | 12 | 2.3 | 33 | 2.6 | 16 | 2.5 | 61 | 2.5 | Pituitary | 15 | 2.9 | 31 | 2.5 | 16 | 2.5 | 62 | 2.6 | Adipose | 11 | 2.1 | 26 | 2.1 | 8 | 1.3 | 45 | 1.9 | Heart | 7 | 1.4 | 25 | 2.0 | 16 | 2.5 | 48 | 2.0 | Lung | 7 | 1.4 | 25 | 2.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 37 | 1.5 | Thyroid | 3 | 0.6 | 24 | 1.9 | 29 | 4.6 | 56 | 2.3 | Adrenal | 4 | 0.8 | 16 | 1.3 | 7 | 1.1 | 27 | 1.1 | Nerve | 4 | 0.8 | 16 | 1.3 | 15 | 2.4 | 35 | 1.5 | Pancreas | 14 | 2.7 | 12 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 28 | 1.2 | Artery | 8 | 1.5 | 9 | 0.7 | 18 | 2.8 | 35 | 1.5 | Stomach | 8 | 1.5 | 11 | 0.9 | 2 | 0.3 | 21 | 0.9 | Other | 57 | 11.0 | 116 | 9.2 | 50 | 7.9 | 223 | 9.2 | Total | 518 | 100.0 | 1257 | 100.0 | 636 | 100.0 | 2411 | 100.0 |
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aAll 24 chromosomes.
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