Table 1.
Genomes and motifs
| GC extremes | Special motifs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Genome size | GC ≤ 10% | GC ≥ 75% | GC ≥ 85% | (AT)15 | G|C ≥ 80% | Bad promoters |
| P. falciparum | 23,263,391 | 10,030,724 (43%) | 0 | 0 | 1,258,098 (5.4%) | 0 | - |
| E. coli | 4,638,920 | 0 | 2,705 (0.058%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| R. sphaeroides | 4,131,450 | 0 | 2,479,536 (60%) | 90,207 (2.2%) | 0 | 0 | - |
| Human | 2,684,573,005 | 6,228,029 (0.23%) | 20,669,681 (0.77%) | 2,980,450 (0.11%) | 1,253,245 (0.047%) | 802,554 (0.030%) | 190,041 (0.0071%) |
For each genome sequenced as part of this work, we show its size in bases, along with the number of bases of each bias motif (see text). Only unambiguous (A, C, T, or G) bases from each reference are included. Plasmids, mitochondria, and sex chromosomes were excluded from the counts.