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TABLE 3.

Comparison of putative ς⁷⁰ consensus sequences^a

Bacterium (G+C con- tent^b [%])	Most-common nucleotide^c at position:
Bacterium (G+C con- tent^b [%])	−45	−44	−43	−42	−41	−40	−39	−38	−37	−36	−35	−34	−33	−32	−31	−30	−29	−28	−27	−26	−25	−24	−23	−22	−21	−20	−19	−18	−17	−16	−15	−14	−13	−12	−11	−10	−9	−8	−7	−6	−5	−4	−3	−2	−1	+1
Streptomyces (74)										T₈₆	T₉₀	G₁₀₀	A₆₉	C₆₆																			T₅₉	A₈₉				T₁₀₀
C. glutamicum (57)										T₄₈	T₄₈	G₇₃	A₅₄		A₅₂																G₅₅		T₇₉	A₇₃		A₅₈		T₈₅
E. coli (51)										T₇₈	T₈₂	G₆₈	A₅₈	C₅₁	A₅₅																		T₈₂	A₉₀	T₅₂	A₅₉	A₄₉	T₈₉
B. subtilis (43)		A₅₆	A₄₈							T₈₇	T₈₃	G₇₈	A₆₄	C₅₁	A₅₈													T₅₂		T₅₈	G₅₂		T₉₄	A₉₆	T₆₀	A₇₈	A₇₄	T₉₄	A₅₂			A₄₈
C. jejuni (30)				T₅₂			T₅₂	T₆₇	T₅₇	A₆₇	A₇₆	G₆₂	T₅₇		T₇₁	T₅₂			T₆₂					T₆₂	T₆₂	T₅₂	T₅₇	T₇₁	T₅₂	T₇₁	G₅₂		T₉₅	A₉₀	T₅₇	A₇₆	A₆₂	T₈₁	T₈₆			A₅₂

Included are sequences of 21 C. jejuni promoters (this study), 237 B. subtilis promoters (16), 33 C. glutamicum promoters (28), 29 Streptomyces promoters (35), and 263 E. coli promoters (15).

G+C content of the chromosomal DNA.

The subscript values are the frequencies of occurrence in percent. Most-common nucleotides are only given when the percentages exceed 47%.