Table 1

Element occurrence frequencies within viral and Arabidopsis sequence databases

Element Identifier
Element Sequence
Occurrence frequency from each database. Values are relative to Arabidopsis CDS = 1.00 (Mean of 18 matched oligomer frequencies)



Arabidopsis -3000 to -1001
Arabidopsis -1000 to -501
Arabidopsis -500 to -1
Arabidopsis CDS
Gemini + nanovirus

Previously Identified Promoter Elements from A. thaliana (*also confirmed as geminiviral element)

ABRE-like
ACGTGKM
1.65 (1.72)
1.78 (1.8)
3 (1.44)
1 (1.59)
2.45 (1.28)
DRE
RCCGAC
1.86 (1.75)
1.81 (1.55)
2.13 (1.46)
1 (1.13)
1.09 (0.85)
G-box*
CACGTG
2.28 (1.79)
2.57 (1.58)
4.35 (1.47)
1 (1.41)
3.81 (1.43)

Consensus Gemini/Nanoviral Sequence Elements (**not a promoter element)

CLE
GTGGNCCC
3.15 (3.51)
3.62 (2.99)
3.9 (2.79)
1 (1.56)
17.36 (2.81)
DR08/13
TCTCTCTCTA
3.15 (0.46)
3.6 (0.4)
7.75 (0.35)
1 (0.51)
6.92 (0.53)
BCTV DR19/30
AAACTTC
0.7 (0.62)
0.69 (0.64)
0.68 (0.66)
1 (0.72)
0.64 (0.52)
GV rep-stem**
CGCGNCCA
2.52 (3.51)
2.2 (2.99)
2.26 (2.79)
1 (1.89)
17.11 (3.42)

Velten et al. Virology Journal 2005 2:16   doi:10.1186/1743-422X-2-16