title: Large intergenic cruciform-like supermotifs in the Lactobacillus plantarum genome.
abstract: Twenty-four Lactobacillus plantarum supermotifs (LPSMs) with lengths from approximately 800 to 1,000 nucleotides were identified in the L. plantarum genome. LPSMs were conserved in other L. plantarum strains but not in other species. Secondary structure analysis predicted that LPSMs may fold into cruciform-like structures. Preliminary experiments indicate that the LPSMs are transcribed.
authors.affiliation: TI Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands. michiel.wels@nizo.nl
authors.forename: Michiel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wels
authors.forename: Roger S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Bongers
authors.forename: Jos
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boekhorst
authors.forename: Douwe
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Molenaar
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sturme
authors.forename: Willem M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: de Vos
authors.forename: Roland J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Siezen
authors.forename: Michiel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kleerebezem
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D048191:Lactiplantibacillus plantarum / Q000235:genetics*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial