UTR introns, antisense RNA and differentially spliced transcripts between Plasmodium yoelii subspecies

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Transcriptional events such as introns or overlapping transcripts not predicted in YM gene models

Events	NSM	YM	NSM or YM	NSM and YM	NSM only	YM only	% in Both
5’ UTR intron	245	227	254	218	27	9	85.8 %
3’ UTR intron	70	59	74	55	15	4	74.3 %
Sense/antisense overlapping	29	26	32	23	6	3	71.9 %
Alternative splicing	52	47	55	44	8	3	80.0 %
Internal/coding intron	60	37	61	36	24	1	59.0 %
Transcript extension^a	52	63	64	51	1	12	79.7 %
Incorrect intron size	12	13	13	12	0	1	92.3 %
Others^b	105	157	164	98	7	59	59.8 %
Total	625	629	717	537	88	92	74.9 %

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