Table 1 Statistical results of bidirectional promoters and bidirectional genes in the eight selected eukaryotes.
From: The preservation of bidirectional promoter architecture in eukaryotes: what is the driving force?
Organism | Number of bidirectional promoters | Number of bidirectional genes | Number of all protein coding genes | Percentage of bidirectional genes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Homo sapiens | 1178 | 2348 | 20686 | 11.35% |
Mus musculus | 1311 | 2617 | 22793 | 11.48% |
Rattus norvegicus | 698 | 1393 | 22925 | 6.08% |
Bos taurus | 574 | 1144 | 19030 | 6.01% |
Gallus gallus | 687 | 1367 | 15310 | 8.93% |
Drosophila melanogaster | 2210 | 4398 | 13671 | 32.17% |
Caenorhabditis elegans | 1813 | 3612 | 20212 | 17.87% |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 1864 | 3423 | 6664 | 51.37% |