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. 2016 Jan 4;11(1):e0146174. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146174

Table 2. Intrastrand and interstrand G-quadruplex forming sequences associated with functional sites in the human genome.

Intrastrand PQS DS-PQS Any PQS DS/SS
Site # in genome with G4 Enr. %sites with G4 Enr. %sites significance with G4 Enr. %sites ratio
XPD peaks 14,570 3,288 1.99 22.6% 6,052 2.49 41.5% < 1e-308 6,995 1.91 48.0% 1.84
XPB peaks 21,555 4,466 2.05 20.7% 8,363 2.61 38.8% < 1e-308 9,769 2.02 45.3% 1.87
ORI MCF7 94,195 24,117 5.05 25.6% 34,425 4.90 36.6% < 1e-308 42,108 3.97 44.7% 1.43
ORI K562 62,971 12,583 5.08 20.0% 16,724 4.59 26.6% < 1e-308 22,331 4.05 35.5% 1.33
1kb upstream 39,927 17,975 3.96 45.0% 20,976 3.15 52.5% < 1e-308 25,199 2.50 63.1% 1.17
Hf2 bind (1+) 9,149 1,095 1.34 12.0% 754 0.63 8.2% not enriched 1,582 0.87 17.3% 0.69
Hf2 bind (2+) 771 177 1.43 23.0% 128 0.70 16.6% not enriched 256 0.93 33.2% 0.72
G4seq Pds&K+ 490,269 177,119 39.8 36.2% 108,229 16.6 22.1% < 1e-308 226,496 22.4 46.2% 0.61
Unique G4s 374,834 550,977 832,540 1.47

For each type of functional site (transcriptional helicase binding, origin of replication, promoter, hf2 antibody binding), the number and percentage of sites with a G4 motif, and enrichment ratio of G4’s within the sites are listed. Data are provided for intrastrand PQS’s, inter-strand PQS’s, and for PQS of any type, with loops up to 7nt long. For enriched DS-PQS’s, a limit on binomial significance is listed. Rightmost column: ratio of number of sites with DS-PQS to number of sites with intrastrand PQS; for XPD and XPB binding sites it exceeds the whole-genome ratio (bottom row).