Table 1.

Key features of the promoters analyzed in this study. The length of the tested fragment, the accession number of the reference element and its source organism, and the AT/GC content are listed for each element. References to previous works reporting the promoter characterization are also provided

Element	Cloned fragment (bp)	Reference element	Source Organism	AT%	GC%	Promoter characterization
SB	388	L48685.1 [27]	T. albonubes	63,66	36.34	[24], This study
Bari1	377	X67681.1 [28]	D. melanogaster	66,05	33.95	[16] [29]
Bari3	356	CH933806 [30]	D. mojavensis	65,23	34.77	[16] [31]
Hsmar1	178	U52077.1 [32]	H. sapiens	70,79	29,21	[33], This study
hobo	315	M69216.1 [18]	D. melanogaster	51,43	48,57	This study
Tirant	416	X93507.1 [34]	D. melanogaster	54,81	45,19	This study
ZAM	472	AJ000387.1 [35]	D. melanogaster	55,08	44,92	This study
copia	276	X02599.1 [36]	D. melanogaster	72,46	27,54	[16, 37]