The following phrase can be used in the methods section:
"The bendability/curvature propensity plot were calculated with the bend.it
server, using the DNase I based bendability parameters of Brukner et al. (1995) and the
consensus bendability scale (Gabrielian and Pongor, 1996)."
Since the experimentally measured values of DNA curvature are quite variable, it is not
advisable to use numeric values alone for the predicted curvature properties either.
Instead, use a comparative qualitative description. This is more correct and also more
understandable for the biologist. For example:
"The curvature-propensity plot, calculated with DNase I-based trinucleotide
parameters, contains one peculiar maximum in this region, whose magnitude (22.5) roughly
corresponds to the value calculated for a highly curved motif in the Leishmannia
tarentolae minicircle sequence. So we believe that this region may adopt a curved
conformation."
"The curvature-propensity plot, calculated with DNase I-based parameters did not
show any conspicuous peak, however, the same plot drawn with the consensus bendability
scale showed a conspicuous peak. In fact, a series of GGGCC motifs, similar to those found
responsible for DNA curvature in vitro (Brukner et al, Nucl. Acids Res., 21,
1025-1029), was found in this region".
"The curvature-propensity plot, calculated with DNase I-based parameters, failed to
show any value indicative of strong curvature (i.e. the values were all below 0.5; quite
close to the genomic average value of this parameter). The bendability plot, however,
showed a long valley indicative of rigid segments."