TABLE 4.

Pairwise nucleotide similarity matrix of the 26695 babA paralogues for the 3′ regions

Paralogue (nucleotide 7511 to end)	% Similarity for paralogue (nucleotides 761 to 1510)a
	HP1243	HP317	HP896	HP25	HP9	HP227	HP229	HP722	HP725	HP1177	HP1342
HP1243		62	72	60	56	52	40	38	38	38	52
HP317	100		75	61	63	48	40	37	38	39	48
HP896	97	97		73	58	53	39	44	44	39	53
HP25	72	72	73		58	53	35	43	42	39	53
HP9	78	77	80	75		56	38	41	41	54	56
HP227	78	78	79	72	79		38	40	38	38	100
HP229	69	67	72	72	71	71		42	38	40	38
HP722	69	69	74	74	69	76	68		89	38	40
HP725	69	69	74	74	70	76	67	100		41	38
HP1177	71	72	76	74	73	79	70	74	74		38
HP1342	78	78	79	72	79	100	71	76	76	79

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