Table 2.

Statistical analysis for the tandem TGAC core motif search between differentially expressed (DE) and non-DE genes. Data were analysed by Student’s t-test using GraphPad prism 7 (n=200; P<0.05). **** represents significant difference at P≤0.001

	Average number of tandem TGAC core motifs	P value	Level of significance
DE genes	3.01±0.16	<0.001	****
Non-DE genes	0.59±0.04