Supplementary Table 4. Known sequence motifs
Motif Abbrev / Motif / Comments / ReferenceIVR / inverted repeats
VDJ / CACAGTG-N12/23-ACAAAAACC / V(D)J joining signal / Lewis et al 1997
VDJ-RSS7 /
VDJ-RSS9 /
ERO / WAWTTDDWWWDHWGWHMAWTT / Eukaryotes replication origin sequence / Dobbs et al 1994
Translin-major / Major: GCNCWSSW-N0-2-GCCCWSSW / Translin binding site / Aoki et al, 1995
Translin-minor / Minor: MTGCAG- N0-4-GCCCWSSW
TopoII / RNYNNCNNGYNGKTNYNY / Topoisomerase II binding site / Broeker et al 1996;
Spitzner & Muller 1988; Sander & Hsieh 1985
GTNWAYAYYNATNNG
miniSatellite / GGGCAGGARG / Human minisatellite core sequence / Wahls et al 1990
SatIII / YMCNTACSYCCKYYTNNC / Satellite III core / Kas & Laemmli 1992
Chi / GCWGGWGG / Chi-like sequence / Krowczynska et al 1990
SAR-A1 / AATAAAYAAA / Scaffold associated sequence (SAR) / Gasser et al 1989; Liebich et al 2002
SAR-A2 / WADAWAYAWW
SAR-T1 / TTWTWTTWTT
SAR-T2 / TWWTDTTWWW
MAR / AATATTTTT / Matrix attachment sequence (MAR) / Cockerill and Garrad 1986; Cockerill et al 1987
PYR / Y12 / Pyrimidine tract / Yamaguchi et al 1985; Suzuki et al 1993
GAGA / (GA)6 / Putative triple helices / Caddle et al 1990; Lyamichev et al 1986; Wells 1988
ARS-Sc / WTTTAYRTTTW / Autonomous Replication Sequence (S.cerevisiae) / Newlon et al 1991;Stinchcomb et al 1982
PurI / GGNNGAGGGAGARRRR / Pur I binding sequence / Bergemann & Johnson 1992
unwind / AATATATTT / core unwinding element
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