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Table 2 Presence of DNA uptake signal sequences in human Neisseria species.

From: Variations in gene organization and DNA uptake signal sequence in the folP region between commensal and pathogenic Neisseria species

 

Prevalence (density1) of DNA uptake signal sequences

 

in intergenic parts of the folP region (Fig. 3)

in database sequences

Species

GCCGTCTGAA

GT CGTCTGAA

Sequence length

GCCGTCTGAA

GT CGTCTGAA

GCT GTCTGAA

N. meningitidis 2

6

0

2,272,300

1935 (1,174)

165 (13,772)

47 (48,347)

N. gonorrhoeae

7

0

2,153,894

1965 (1,096)

118 (18,253)

31 (69,480)

N. lactamica

7

0

51,533

40 (1,288)

0

0

N. cinerea

8

0

12,158

15 (811)

3 (4,053)

4 (3,040)

N. subflava

1

7

13,523

16 (845)

1 (13,523)

0

N. sicca

0

6

3,114

3

0

1

N. mucosa

n.a

n.a

4,492

3

1

1

N. polysaccharea

n.a

n.a.

22,903

25 (916)

0

2 (11,452)

N. flavescens

n.a

n.a

4,844

8

0

0

N. perflava

n.a

n.a

1,392

2

0

0

N. elongata

n.a

n.a

7,064

8

1

0

  1. 1 Density as the average distance between two DUS. Density was only calculated when the (accumulated) sequences included more than 10,000 base pairs.
  2. 2 Strain MC58