Additional file 13 of Conserved associations between G-quadruplex-forming DNA motifs and virulence gene families in malaria parasites

Additional file 13 Table S8. Putative G-quadruplex-forming sequences in the genomes of Plasmodium parasites, found by G4 Hunter. Genomes were downloaded from PlasmoDB, v. 44, and searched using G4 Hunter with the parameters: threshold: 1.7, window size: 25, csv data: grouped. An additional search of the P. falciparum genome was also conducted at a lower threshold of 1.25. As per the G4 Hunter algorithm, PQSs on the reverse complement sequence had negative scores, and all locations were reported relative to the 5′ end of the sense strand. The “Strand (cf gene or nearest gene)” category was denoted as antisense if the PQS was on the opposite strand of its nearest gene, or sense if the PQS was on the same strand as its nearest gene. The “distance from nearest gene” was positive if the PQS was upstream of the nearest gene, negative if the PQS was downstream of the nearest gene, or equal to 0 if the PQS was in the coding sequence of the nearest gene.