Table 2.

Statistical Parameters for DNA Motifs

DNA motif		More than fourfold expressed		More than twofold expressed		Random
DNA motif		〈num. sites〉	log(GM)	〈num. sites〉	log(GM)	〈num. sites〉	log(GM)
HSE	2.4	7.4	1.5	5.36	0.54	2.8
HSAS	1.3	5.88	1.11	5.03	0.52	2.7
MSE	0.07	0.81	0.18	1.13	0.13	0.76
skn-1	0.46	2.5	0.41	2.62	0.17	1.2
ces-2	0.0	0.0	0.07	0.32	0.04	0.23
GATA	0.3	1.85	0.29	1.71	0.24	1.56

DNA motif		More than fourfold expressed		More than twofold expressed
DNA motif		ratio num. sites	diff. log (GM)	ratio num. sites	diff. log (GM)
HSE	4.44	4.6	2.78	2.56
HSAS	2.5	3.18	2.13	2.33
MSE	0.53	0.05	1.38	0.37
skn-1	2.7	1.3	2.41	1.42
ces-2	0.0	−0.23	1.75	0.09
GATA	1.25	0.29	1.21	0.15

Identification of a Novel cis-Regulatory Element Involved in the Heat Shock Response in Caenorhabditis elegans Using Microarray Gene Expression and Computational Methods