Fig. 1: Hairpin repeats surround key genes in Neisseria and other bacteria.
From: Discovery of the widespread site-specific single-stranded nuclease family Ssn
a Logos and predicted secondary structures of repeated sequences from N. meningitidis (dRS3, NTS) and N. wadsworthii (NTSvar). For the secondary structure, the different colors represent the base-pair probability. b Core-genome phylogeny of Neisseria species with their associated repeated elements. The four color gradients represent the relative abundance of the different enumerated elements. c Circular map of the N. meningitidis 8013 genome with its DUS (green) and NTS (red) repeats depicted. Major clusters of NTS are highlighted with black arrows pointing to the corresponding genomic landscape. Those major clusters are emphasized with schematic representations of the loci of interest (not drawn to the scale). d Logos and predicted structures and (e) whole-genome distribution of SRM repeats in R. wittichi and W. pipientis.
