Table 1 DNA replication parameters in three Leishmania species, T. brucei and MEF cells.

From: Single-molecule analysis of DNA replication reveals novel features in the divergent eukaryotes Leishmania and Trypanosoma brucei versus mammalian cells

 

L. donovani

L. major

L. mexicana

T. brucei

MEF cells

Inter-origin distance (kb)

Median (kb)

179.7

192.7

203.3

148.8

124.6

Mean (kb)

188.5

194.8

226

159.9

135.8

Minimum (kb)

29.5

48.6

49.3

36.7

27.4

Maximum (kb)

628.1

625.4

628.1

421.6

372.3

25% Percentile (kb)

114.2

128.2

140.7

103.8

86.37

75% Percentile (kb)

228.3

237.5

306.4

192.4

168.1

Number of values measured

189

130

118

172

140

Velocity of replication forks (kb/min)

Median (kb/min)

2.37

2.45

2.48

1.84

1.16

Mean (kb/min)

2.45

2.44

2.59

1.87

1.36

Minimum (kb/min)

0.62

0.88

1.12

0.34

0.25

Maximum (kb/min)

4.97

4.65

6.03

6.10

5.42

25% Percentile (kb/min)

2.03

2.01

2.18

1.53

0.80

75% Percentile (kb/min)

2.82

2.82

2.94

2.17

1.65

Number of values measured

238

134

273

583

175

Asymmetry of replication forks (ratio long/short forks)

Median (ratio long/short forks)

1.03

1.03

1.04

1.07

1.10

Mean (ratio long/short forks)

1.07

1.12

1.08

1.19

1.22

Minimum (ratio long/short forks)

1

1

1

1

1

Maximum (ratio long/short forks)

2.03

2.34

1.56

3.77

3.13

25% Percentile (ratio long/short forks)

1.00

1.01

1.01

1.02

1.04

75% Percentile (ratio long/short forks)

1.08

1.10

1.10

1.18

1.24

Number of values measured

104

72

85

112

126

Number of active replication origins/ haploid genome

Size of the haploid genome sequenced*

32.4 Mb

32.8 Mb

32 Mb

26 Mb

2.8 103 Mb

haploid genome/median IOD

180

170

157

175

22.5 103

haploid genome/mean IOD

172

168

142

163

20.6 103

  1. *References for genome sequences are Downing et al. 2011 for L. donovani, Ivens et al. 2005 for L. major, GeneDB for L. mexicana, Berriman et al. 2005 for T. brucei and NCBI ressources for MEF cells. The figures given for measured values were collected from three or more independent biological experiments.