Table 2 Ambiguous bases for uncertain modification states. The MEME Suite recognizes these ambiguity codes in the same manner as the ambiguous bases already in common usage, such as R for A or G in the conventional DNA alphabet
From: Modeling methyl-sensitive transcription factor motifs with an expanded epigenetic alphabet
Ambiguous nucleobase | Complement | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Symbol | Possible bases | Symbol | Possible bases |
w | f, c | 6 | 3, 4 |
x | m, h | 7 | 1, 2 |
y | C, f, c | 8 | G, 3, 4 |
z | C, m, h, f, c | 9 | G, 1, 2, 3, 4 |