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Table 2 DNA motifs discovered in the 5' UCRs of the honey bee hexamerin genes.

From: The four hexamerin genes in the honey bee: structure, molecular evolution and function deduced from expression patterns in queens, workers and drones

Motif name

Motif

Church

Roc-auc

P-value

site1

GnnGwnnmCsskC

9.3E-09

0.98

3.5E-06

site2

TTGyGngnnrrnAawk

3.8E-06

0.87

4.4E-04

site3

GsnsakwCgmnmG

3.9E-06

0.97

2.2E-04

site4

gwnAtnnnanwnwTCGAwAwys

3.8E-06

1.00

8.0E-07

site5

awCGAwAAAwnnknnwwRnA

9.3E-09

1.00

2.1E-05

site6

ATykCGAaTnmrannA

4.1E-06

0.99

9.5E-06

  1. Site 1 motif is 80% similar to the USP binding site of D. melanogaster. The other motifs (sites 2 to 6) do not have similarity to any binding site sequences in TRANSFAC database, and may be specific of hexamerin genes.
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BMC Molecular Biology

ISSN: 1471-2199

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