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Functional motifs in Escherichia coli NC101
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Gholamreza Motalleb   |
| Department of Biology, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran. , rezamotalleb@gmail.com |
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Abstract: (11695 Views) |
| Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria can damage DNA of the gut lining cells and may encourage the development of colon cancer according to recent reports. Genetic switches are specific sequence motifs and many of them are drug targets. It is interesting to know motifs and their location in sequences. At the present study, Gibbs sampler algorithm was used in order to predict and find functional motifs in E. coli NC101 contig 1. The whole genomic sequence of Escherichia coli NC101 contig 1 were retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (NCBI Reference sequence: NZ_AEFA01000001.1) in order to be analyzed with DAMBE software and BLAST. The results showed that the 6-mer motif is CUGGAA in most sequences (genes1-3, 8, 9, 12, 14-18, 20-23, 25, 27, 29, 31-34), CUUGUA for gene 4 , CUGUAA for gene 5, CUGAUG for gene 6, CUGAUA for gene7, CUGAAA for genes 10, 11, 13, 26, 28, and CUGGAG for gene 19, and CUGGUA for gene30 in E. coli NC101 contig 1. It is concluded that the 6-mer motif is CUGGAA in most sequences in E. coli NC101 contig1. The present study may help experimental studies on elucidating the pharmacological and phylogenic functions of the motifs in E. coli. |
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| Keywords: Escherichia coli, functional motifs, gene expression |
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Type of Study: Original Article |
Subject:
Bioinformatic
Received: 2013/08/14 | Accepted: 2013/11/24 | Published: 2013/11/24
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