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From: Relationship between mRNA secondary structure and sequence variability in Chloroplast genes: possible life history implications

Figure 5

Stem-forming propensities of mRNAs vs. length of the mRNA for natural, random and mutated sequences for A. overall mRNA, B. M1-fitting sites, C. M2-fitting sites, and D. M3-fitting sites. Nine mRNAs (psbF (120 bases), psbK (177 bases), rps18 (227 bases), rps9 (278 bases), rpl14 (368 bases), rps3 (641 bases), pet A (965 bases), psbB (1526 bases) and psaA (2244 bases)) belonging to the species Psilotum nudum (NC_003386) were considered. For mutated and random mRNAs, each point represents average stem-forming propensity over fifty such mutated and randomized sequences respectively and over sub-optimal alternative structures with at least 50% stability of the optimal structure for each mutated sequence.

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BMC Genomics

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