Table 5.

Characteristics of Hot and Cold ssDNA regions

	Percent of regions (%)
	Hot ssDNA regions	Cold ssDNA regions
Mid-log cells
With a chi site	1.6	2.0
With a GATC site	28.0	28.7
In ORFs	83.1	84.2
In intergenic regions	16.9	15.8
UV-irradiated cells
With a Chi site	3.2	2.1
With a GATC site	42.2	29.2
In OFRs	94.6	85.2
In intergenic regions	5.4	14.8
Stationary cells
With a Chi site	1.6	1.8
With a GATC site	32.3	24.7
In OFRs	94.3	79.4
In intergenic regions	5.7	20.6