Table 2 |
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Distribution of 10-mers DUS in the genes showing phase variation and/or containing signal peptides |
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Number of genes |
Number of DUSs |
Expected |
P value |
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N. meningitis Z2491 |
74 |
13 |
25 |
0.01 |
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N. meningitis MC58 |
61 |
6 |
22 |
0.0004 |
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N. meningitis FAM18 |
72 |
20 |
27 |
0.16 |
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N. meningitis 8013 |
53 |
3 |
16 |
0.0008 |
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Expected values were computed taking into consideration the number and size of these genes relative to the average gene in the genome. P values were computed using χ2. DUS, DNA uptake sequence. |
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Treangen et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R60 doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-3-r60 |
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