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. 2009 Jan 19;10:29. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-29

Table 5.

Signal ratios of SNPs are independent from the chemical class (pyrimidine or purine) of the bases present in the probe and sample alleles.

PAO1 allele (probe)a PA14 allele (sample)a abundance median signal ratio sensitivityb
transitions Y Y 12315 -0.44 46.9%
R R 12681 -0.43 45.8%
transversions R Y 3353 -0.44 46.9%
Y R 3236 -0.37 43.0%

Σ 31585 -0.43 45.9%

a Y – IUPAC format for pyrimidine bases (C, T), R – purine bases (A, G).

b determined for Dth = -0.5.