Abstract:
:The occurrence of DNA tracts of the three binary base combinations: R.Y, K.M and W;S has been mapped in the complete genomes of Haemophilus influenzae and Escherichia coli. A highly significant over-representation of W tracts is observed in both bacteria. The excess of W tracts is particularly striking in the 10% intercoding regions. Subdivision of intercoding regions into divergent (promoting), convergent (terminating) and sequential subregions shows that the excess of W tracts is most concentrated in the promoter regions. A particularly high excess of W tracts is observed in the first 200 bases 5' upstream of coding start sites. The data suggest that W tracts have a role in promoter function. A function as unwinding centers, analogous to the role of R.Y tracts in eukaryotes, is proposed. R.Y and K.M tracts are only modestly over-represented in the two bacteria.
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Nucleic Acids Resjournal_title
Nucleic acids researchauthors
Shomer B,Yagil Gdoi
10.1093/nar/27.22.4491keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
1999-11-15 00:00:00pages
4491-500issue
22eissn
0305-1048issn
1362-4962pii
gkc642journal_volume
27pub_type
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