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Table 2 Description of Chi sites in E. coli and H. influenzae genomes.

From: Local Renyi entropic profiles of DNA sequences

Genome

Chi sequence

Nr. occurrences

E. coli

5'-GCTGGTGG-3'

761

oriC – 3,923,500 (bp)

  

terC – 1,588,800 (bp)

  

H. influenzae

5'-GG TGGTGG-3'

77

oriC – 603,000 (bp)

5'-GC TGGTGG-3'

56

terC – 1,518,000 (bp)

5'-GT TGGTGG-3'

63

5'-GN TGGTGG-3'

5'-GA TGGTGG-3'

28

5'-GS TGGAGG-3'

5'-GG TGGAGG-3'

11

 

5'-GC TGGAGG-3'

7

  1. The number of occurrences of Chi motifs in the genomes shows that they are overrepresented in E. coli (761 occurrences) but not in H. influenzae (maximum of 77 occurrences).