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Table 1 Hepta-, hexa-, and pentameric Intronic Motifs linked to Multiple Alternative splicing Decisions (IMMADs)

From: The multiplicity of alternative splicing decisions in Caenorhabditis elegansis linked to specific intronic regulatory motifs and minisatellites

Motif

MASS/SASS ratio

Corrected p-value

Number of MASS genes

GGTCTGC

4.0

7.9E-13

24

AGCAGAC

4.0

7.9E-13

36

CAHCC

3.5

8.4E-22

454

CCACA

2.8

1.9E-17

359

RAGAAG

2.7

2.4E-15

339

AGCCTCA

2.4

1.0E-12

38

CCATCGT

2.4

2.1E-07

52

ACATTCG

2.2

3.3E-06

57

TCTCTCT

2.1

4.0E-39

118

WCTTCTT

2.0

1.2E-12

227

GAATGTT

1.9

5.0E-12

119

GATGAC

1.8

1.3E-11

142

ACYCCA

1.7

5.2E-11

163

GTCGT

1.7

4.0E-11

299

CCAGC

1.5

4.0E-15

286

TGGAC

1.3

1.4E-07

275

AGGAG

1.3

8.4E-10

301

  1. Seventeen motif groups are significantly enriched in the introns flanking alternate exons among the MASS genes as compared to the SASS genes (p < 1E-5, by Fisher’s exact tests with Bonferroni corrections). IUPAC ambiguity codes were used: R = A or G; W = A or T; H = A, C, or T; Y = C or T.