Summary of characterization of non-exonic TARs in japonica rice.

Transcription of the non-exonic TARs was determined by the re-array. The non-exonic TARs were linked to various putative functional or structural elements of the rice genome based on current annotations. Number of non-exonic TARs corresponding to each group of functional elements was extrapolated to the full genome based on experimental confirmation rates where applicable and the physical sizes of the annotated regions relative to that of the genome.1This number excludes 13,666 TARs intersecting with annotated exons.2Transcription levels exhibiting a Pearson correlation coefficient 3Redundant with expressed antisense transcripts and not included in the total.