Table 1.

Comparison of the Frequencies of the 3′ Hexanucleotide Anchors of DOP-PCR Primers in Mouse and E. coli Genomic Sequences

Number of matches per kilobase
Primer
Sequencea
M. musculus
E. coli
Ratiob Mm/Ec
M-DOP1 CCGACTCGAGNNNNNNCTAGAG 0.523 0.014 331.7
M-DOP2 CCGACTCGAGNNNNNNCTAGAA 0.579 0.020 254.7
M-DOP3 CCGACTCGAGNNNNNNCTAGGT 0.338 0.014 217.8
6MW
CCGACTCGAGNNNNNNATGTGG
0.662
0.396
1.67

a Bold characters indicate 3′ end hexamer sequence

b Mm, M. musculus; Ec, E. coli