Analyses of the genome sequences resulted in the discovery of a conserved RNA motif.

Several regions of high conservation of nucleotide identity are present throughout the RNA motif, and many contain short runs of adenosines.

This genetic arrangement is similar to the previously reported sucA RNA motif.

The lactis-plasmid RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure identified by bioinformatics.

However, the function of this RNA motif remains unknown.

This regulatory strategy is common in bacteria to control levels of ribosomal subunits, using RNA motifs called ribosomal leaders.

However, the Bacillus-plasmid RNA motif does not appear to be homologous to any such known RNA.

However, only 8 examples of the RNA motif are known.

The minor groove triple is a ubiquitous RNA structural motif.

The anti-hemB RNA motif consists primarily of two stem-loops, followed by a predicted rho-independent transcription termination stem-loop.