Unraveling unbreakable hairpins: characterizing RNA secondary structures that are persistent after dinucleotide shuffling

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FIGURE 6.
FIGURE 6.

(A) The structure of unbreakable hairpins prevents multiple hairpins from forming an unbreakable structure, as multiple purine/pyrimidine splits must be present. (B) It is feasible for a single H-type RNA pseudoknot to be unbreakable if there are no further splits.

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  1. Published in Advance May 6, 2025, doi: 10.1261/rna.080176.124 RNA 31: 885-895

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