Facts about the 18th chromosome

| Databases |
Number |
| of Genes (NCBI) |
480 |
| of Proteins (UniProt) |
286 |
| Of protein variability (theor.) |
13 000 |
| Cells (HepG2) |
Total |
In chromosome-18 |
| mRNA |
7 333 |
143 |
| Proteins* (2D-LC-MS/MS) |
4 100 |
76 |
| Plasma |
Total |
In chromosome-18 |
| HPPP** |
3 020 |
39 |
| Anderson et al., 2004 |
1 200 |
16 |
| 2D-LC-MS/MS |
1 581 |
24 |
* Department of Proteomics, IBMC RAMS, by Zgoda V.G. et al
** Human Plasma Proteome Project, Omenn et. al., 2005
Chromosome Statistics (from Ensembl Database)
| Length (bps) |
78 077 248 |
| Known Protein-coding Genes |
287 |
| Novel Protein-coding Genes |
7 |
| Pseudogene Genes |
63 |
| miRNA Genes |
32 |
| rRNA Genes |
13 |
| snRNA Genes |
51 |
| snoRNA Genes |
36 |
| Misc RNA Genes |
25 |