Magnesium ions mitigate metastable states in the regulatory landscape of mRNA elements

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FIGURE 6.
FIGURE 6.

The cumulative distribution of P2–P3 distance of different conditions at 300 K measured by phosphorous distance between (A) G34@P2 and U74@P3, and (B) G35@P2 and U74@P3. The presence of ligand and Mg2+ both increase the tendency for the riboswitch core to shrink.

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  1. RNA 30: 992-1010