Table 3.

Amino acids significantly preferred (-) or avoided (+) at 3' (top rows) and 5' (bottom rows) exon ends of C. neoformans compared to human

Amino acids*†
A	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	L4	L2	M	N	P	Q	R4	R2	S4	S2	T	V	W	Y	Species (number of exons)
+3		-7		-3			-2	-1		-5		-6	+2		+1	-4		+4					Human (178,438): 3'
	-6		+1	-2	+4	-7	-1	+3	-3					+6	-5	+2		+5				-4	C. neoformans (28,446): 3'
+2			-4	-5		+7	-3	-1		-2	-8	-6	+1	+4	+3	-7		+5	+6				Human (178438): 5'
	-9			-5	-7		-3			-1	-6		+2		+3	-4	+1			-8	-10	-2	C. neoformans (28,446): 5'

*Indices signify rank order of slope coefficients, separately for negative and positive trends. ^†L2, R2, S2 and L4, R4, S4 signify the two-fold and four-fold degenerate blocks of leucine, arginine, and serine, respectively.