Hi all,

I have expression level of trancripts and most of them contain a number after [.]. 
As example:
ENST00000352998.3
When I  search in Ensembl database, instead of **ENST00000352998.3** it shows me **ENST00000352998.7**

Does this means that these two are two different transcripts ? or I can simply ignore numbers after [.] ?

Hi Jack,

The numbers after the '.' is versioning of the stable IDs. They represent minor changes to the underlying gene model, without having to re-assign a new stable ID. There is some more information in the Ensembl documentation pages:

http://www.ensembl.org/info/genome/stable_ids/index.html

Best wishes

Ben
Ensembl Helpdesk