TABLE 3.

Pairwise nucleotide similarity matrix of the 26695 babA paralogues for the 5′ regions

Paralogue (nucleotides 361 to 760)	% Similarity for paralogue (nucleotides 1 to 360)a
	HP1243	HP317	HP896	HP25	HP9	HP227	HP229	HP722	HP725	HP1177	HP1342
HP1243		98	77	76	76	66	—b	—	74	43	66
HP317	48		76	76	76	65	—	—	74	43	65
HP896	43	49		72	74	70	—	—	79	73	70
HP25	40	46	64		68	63	—	—	83	48	63
HP9	35	36	37	41		74	—	—	41	44	74
HP227	47	47	54	51	40		—	—	74	61	100
HP229	—	—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—
HP722	40	36	36	39	36	36	—		—	—	—
HP725	36	37	37	41	44	38	—	73		32	74
HP1177	42	40	34	36	49	38	—	44	41		61
HP1342	47	47	54	51	40	100	—	36	38	38

^aPercent similarity was determined by using the GCG gap program. Each value was rounded to the nearest integer, and values of >85% are represented in boldface. 

^b—, no analysis was possible, since there was no specified sequence due to alignment of paralogues.