Table 2.
Analysis of the D.immitis EST database for the presence of SECIS elements with modified and default patterns of SECISearch
| D.immitis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTGA search with the modified pattern | ATGA search with the modified pattern | GTGA search with the default pattern | ATGA search with the default pattern | |
| Primary sequence and secondary structure criteriaa | 130 | 346 | 40 | 86 |
| Free energy criteriab | 36 | 123 | 5 | 10 |
| Evolutionary conservation criteriac | 25 | 75 | 2 | 5 |
| SECIS elementsd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
aNumber of candidate sequences after the initial analysis of the entire genomes for primary sequences and secondary structures.
bNumber of candidate sequences after application of free energy criteria.
cNumber of significant alignments of candidate sequences.
dNumber of true SECIS elements.