Table 3

Distribution of BIME (in percent of length) in backbone and loops regions of the E. coli K-12 genome, as determined from the triple K-12, Sakai and CFT073 alignment.

K-12

Backbone

Loops

BIME

38 %

62 %

BIME 1

29 %

71 %

BIME 2

47 %

53 %

atypical BIME

37 %

63 %

Chiapello et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2005 6:171   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-6-171