Coplanar and coaxial orientations of RNA bases and helices

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FIGURE 5.
FIGURE 5.

(A) Plot of barycentric coordinates for all known RNA helices as defined by Equation (2), demonstrating that most RNA helices are bipolar. (B–D) Corresponding plots for hairpins, junctions, and single-stranded regions, respectively.

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  1. Published in Advance March 5, 2007, doi: 10.1261/rna.381407 RNA 13: 643-650

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