Detection of prokaryotic promoters from the genomic distribution of hexanucleotide pairs

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Table 2 Experimental validation of predicted transcriptional start sites.

Organism	Gene Name	Promoter sequence	Z-Score
E. coli	yfgA	GTGGGCTTTGTCACG AGCACACAGACGGTCTTATACT GTATGAT AAC	14.07
E. coli	ygfE	AAAAGGGCTTGTCTC TTCTCATCAGGGTAGCTATAGT GTCGCC CCTT	9.74
E. coli	secE	ATCATTGCTGAGACA GGCTCTGTTGAGGGCGTATAAT CCGAAAA GCT	7.75
E. coli	tag	ATATTATTGTCATTG TATGAAGGATATCGGGCATAGT AGCCCTG TAT	5.90
B. subtilis	proB	AAAAACCTTGACAAG TGTCTTTTTTCTTTGCATAATA TAAAAA AATC	14.20
B. subtilis	lmrA	AATTTTTCTTGACAA TTGATGATTGAATCAAGATAAT AGACCA GTCA	11.58
M. tuberculosis	rpsA	GACCGAGTTTGTCCA GCGTGTACCCGTCGAGTAGCCT CGTCAGG TAC	4.69

Bacterial species, gene names, predicted promoter sequences (underlined -35 and -10 boxes), experimentally identified transcriptional start sites (in bold) and the corresponding Z-scores are shown for all tested IRs where a primer extension signal was detected.

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