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. 2019 May 22;47(12):6098–6113. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkz463

Table 1.

Number of G4-L1-a motifs in the human genome (a = (2,12))

Number of PQS in hg38 Number of PQS in local background Ratio(observed/expected) 10 Kbp bins around PQS
Motif G3 G3+ G3 G3+ G3 G3+
G4-L1 18 153 39 634 487 (±3) 695 (± 9) 37 (±0.22) 57 (±0.76)
G4-L1-2 51 008 79 831 2196 (±17) 2548 (± 19) 23 (±0.18) 31 (±0.24)
G4-L1-3 116 628 131 266 5612 (±47) 6053 (± 54) 21 (±0.18) 22 (±0.20)
G4-L1-4 195 501 201 984 11 300 (±91) 11 813 (± 74) 17 (±0.14) 17 (±0.11)
G4-L1-5 264 284 268 562 19 593 (±164) 20 182 (± 159) 13 (±0.11) 13 (±0.10)
G4-L1-6 331 699 334 529 30 762 (±176) 31 389 (± 170) 11 (±0.06) 11 (±0.06)
G4-L1-7 404 347 406 531 44 983 (±164) 45 636 (± 199) 9 (±0.03) 9 (±0.04)
G4-L1-8 483 818 485 601 62 345 (±289) 63 028 (± 309) 8 (±0.04) 8 (±0.04)
G4-L1-9 563 173 564 198 82 848 (±334) 83 593 (± 326) 7 (±0.03) 7 (±0.03)
G4-L1-10 640 520 641 386 106 862 (±217) 107 609 (± 173) 6 (±0.01) 6 (±0.01)
G4-L1-11 717 046 717 600 134 115 (±82) 134 834 (± 61) 5 (±0.00) 5 (±0.00)
G4-L1-12 796 765 797 358 164 834 (±21) 165 584 (± 24) 5 (±0.00) 5 (±0.00)

PQS, putative quadruplex sequences; G3, runs of exactly 3 guanines; G3+, runs of 3 or more guanines. Numbers between parentheses show standard deviation values (from counts in n = 3 independent shuffles).