The Collinsella-1 RNA motif denotes a particular conserved
RNA
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structure discovered by
bioinformatics
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.
Of the six sequences belonging to this motif that were originally identified, five are from uncultivated
bacteria residing in the
human gut, while only the sixth is in a cultivated species, ''
Collinsella aerofaciens
''Collinsella'' is a genus of Actinomycetota, in the family Coriobacteriaceae. ''Collinsella'' is named after the microbiologist Matthew D. Collins.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20051126133139/http://www.bacterio ...
''. The evidence supporting the
stem-loop
Stem-loop intramolecular base pairing is a pattern that can occur in single-stranded RNA. The structure is also known as a hairpin or hairpin loop. It occurs when two regions of the same strand, usually complementary in nucleotide sequence when ...
s designated as "P1" and "P2" is ambiguous.
See also
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Acido-Lenti-1 RNA motif
The Acido-Lenti-1 RNA motif describes a predicted non-coding RNA that is found in bacteria within the phyla acidobacteriota and lentisphaerota. It is sometimes found nearby to group II introns, but the reason for this apparent association is ...
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Bacteroidales-1 RNA motif
The Bacteroidales-1 RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure identified by bioinformatics. It has been identified only in bacteria within the order (biology) Bacteroidales. Its presumed length is marked by a promoter on one end that conforms to a ...
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Chloroflexi-1 RNA motif
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Flavo-1 RNA motif
References
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Non-coding RNA
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