DoOPSearch: a web-based tool for finding and analysing common conserved motifs in the promoter regions of different chordate and plant genes

Table 2 Number of the different taxonomic groups in the chordate database

Promoter size	500	1000	3000
Primates	21164	20484	18523
Euarchontoglires	14391	13665	12240
Eutheria	15411	14780	13744
Theria	4572	4390	4252
Mammalia	47	43	34
Amniota	1508	1373	1213
Tetrapoda	827	810	753
Teleostomi	1208	1161	1124
Vertebrata	9	2	1
Chordata	30	28	27

The data is taken from the DoOP database. The description of the taxonomic groups is written in the text. The method for the generation of the taxonomic groups and conserved motifs is detailed on the DoOP database web page. http://doop.abc.hu/creation.php.

ISSN: 1471-2105