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From: Evaluation of sequence alignments and oligonucleotide probes with respect to three-dimensional structure of ribosomal RNA using ARB software package

Figure 1

Three-dimensional structure of 16S rRNA; Screenshot showing rendered three-dimensional structure of small subunit ribosomal RNA in OpenGL 3D environment. In this screenshot, secondary structural features are combined with the three-dimensional structure of 16S rRNA. Residues representing loop regions and bulge regions of the 16S rRNA model are colored orange and green, respectively. And the residues participating in helix formation are colored blue. Part of the structure along with secondary structure interactions is shown in more detail in the inset (A). Letters A, G, C and U denote the actual residues in the 16S rRNA sequence. The numbers shown on the helices (colored red) represent the respective helix numbers in the secondary structure model. Respective nucleotide positions in the 16S rRNA sequence are displayed in grey (inset B).

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