Table 2 Summary of +1 programmed ribosomal frameshifted genes in diverse organisms.

From: High frequency of +1 programmed ribosomal frameshifting in Euplotes octocarinatus

Organism

Evolutionary Group

Total gene numbera

+1 PRF gene numberb

Method & Reference

Homo sapiens

Eukaryote (Metazoa)

20,403

3

Experimental verification70,71,72

Rattus norvegicus

Eukaryote (Metazoa)

23,636

1

Experimental verification73

Mus musculus

Eukaryote (Metazoa)

22,556

3

Experimental verification71,72,74

Xenopus laevis

Eukaryote (Metazoa)

11,078

1

Experimental verification75

Danio rerio

Eukaryote (Metazoa)

26,719

2

Experimental verification76

Drosophila melanogaster

Eukaryote (Metazoa)

13,954

1

Experimental verification77

Caenorhabditis elegans

Eukaryote (Metazoa)

20,360

1

Experimental verification75

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Eukaryote (Fungi)

5,907

3

Experimental verification18,78,79

Euplotes octocarinatus

Eukaryote (Ciliate)

~32,353

3,700

Computational analysis This work

Escherichia coli

Prokaryote

4,140

1

Experimental verification12

Listeria monocytogenes phage PSA

Virus

2

Experimental verification80

Influenza A virus

Virus

1

Experimental verification81

  1. aGene number retrieved from the KEGG genome statistics.
  2. bOnly non-transposon, protein-coding genes.