Table 4

Comparison of MPSS and Illumina bead array results The samples were analyzed by MPSS and bead array. The number of genes detected by each method and the degree of overlap is summarized. Note much higher degree of overlap when the top 2000 hits were compared. *: Most of the genes detected by MPSS were novel genes not included in the bead array.

ES
No.
%

Common in both (Top 2000 hits)
1,622
81.1
Common in both (All hits)
5,071
46.0
By bead array only
3,462
31.4
By MPSS only *
2,504
22.7

Total
11,037
100

EB
No.
%

Common in both (All hits)
5,168
43.1
By bead array only
4,131
34.4
By MPSS only *
2,694
22.5

Total
11,993
100

Liu et al. BMC Developmental Biology 2006 6:20   doi:10.1186/1471-213X-6-20