Table 2.

Genome-wide distribution of ABA-responsive element pairs

CRE pair	Species	No. of pairs		Pairs per 10,000 genes
		Genomic data set	Randomised data set	Genomic data set	Randomised data set
ABRE-ABRE	A. thaliana	735	278 ± 23	287	108 ± 9
	O. sativa	2,759	783 ± 36	558	158 ± 7
CE3-CE3	A. thaliana	0	1 ± 0.5	0	0 ± 0
	O. sativa	713	22 ± 6	144	5 ± 1
ABRE-CE3	A. thaliana	10	5 ± 2	4	2 ± 1
	O. sativa	912	70 ± 9	184	14 ± 2
CE3-ABRE	A. thaliana	13	5 ± 2	5	2 ± 1
	O. sativa	335	72 ± 9	68	15 ± 2

Results are significantly different from the background model at P < 0.01 (except for n = 0) (z-test).