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Table 2 Properties of skipped exons (S-exons) and exons with cryptic sites (C-exons). For all exon parameters the medians are reported. The last column reports parameters of all internal exons in our dataset of RefSeq genes. MW: the statistical significance of the differences between the S- and C-exons by the Mann-Witney test; n/s – non significant.

From: Computational analysis of splicing errors and mutations in human transcripts

 

S-exons

C-exons

MW

Internal exons

Set size

Mutated donor sites

67

42

  

Mutated acceptor sites

42

72

  

All

109

114

 

154846

Exon length (nucleotides)

Mutated donor sites

114

147

0,024

 

Mutated acceptor sites

112,5

130

n/s

 

All

114

136

0,020

123

Densities of cis-acting elements(candidate sites per nucleotide)

ESEfinder: SC35

    

Mutated donor sites

0,043

0,042

n/s

 

Mutated acceptor sites

0,038

0,045

n/s

 

All

0,042

0,043

n/s

0,038

ESEfinder: SF2/ASF

Mutated donor sites

0,025

0,037

0,048

 

Mutated acceptor sites

0,036

0,041

n/s

 

All

0,028

0,040

0,005

0,036

ESEfinder: SRp40

Mutated donor sites

0,034

0,043

0,006

 

Mutated acceptor sites

0,040

0,043

n/s

 

All

0,035

0,043

0,004

0,040

ESEfinder: SRp55

Mutated donor sites

0,028

0,024

n/s

 

Mutated acceptor sites

0,022

0,023

n/s

 

All

0,025

0,023

n/s

0,023

RESCUE-ESE

Mutated donor sites

0,090

0,108

n/s

 

Mutated acceptor sites

0,100

0,080

n/s

 

All

0,091

0,094

n/s

0,099

PESE

Mutated donor sites

0,048

0,082

0,007

 

Mutated acceptor sites

0,057

0,055

n/s

 

All

0,055

0,064

0,023

0,064

PESS

Mutated donor sites

0,012

0,008

n/s

 

Mutated acceptor sites

0,009

0,007

n/s

 

All

0,011

0,007

n/s

0,007

Splice site scores

Mutated donor sites

    

Authentic donor sites

18,52

18,49

n/s

18,82

Acceptor sites of the (upstream) exon

18,70

19,67

n/s

19,08

Acceptor sites of the (downstream) intron

19,37

18,98

n/s

19,09

Mutated acceptor sites

Authentic acceptor sites

19,59

18,72

0,05

19,08

Donor sites of the (downstream) exon

18,44

18,56

n/s

18,82

Donor sites of the (upstream) intron

18,48

18,51

n/s

18,79

Distance to the closest candidate site(nucleotides)

Mutated donor sites

220,5

75

0,067

289

Mutated acceptor sites

185

66

0,024

81