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From: A unique genetic code change in the mitochondrial genome of the parasitic nematode Radopholus similis

Figure 2

Predicted secondary structure of the 16S rRNA gene of R. similis. Watson-Crick base pairing and G:U base pairing is indicated by a line and a dot, respectively. Numbering of helices is according to De Rijk et al. [29] and other published nematode mt rRNA structures. Binding sites for the amino-acyl of tRNAs (A), peptidyl-transferase (P), or both (AP) as defined by Noller [30] and Hu [6] are indicated. Compared to other nematode 16S rRNAs, shaded nucleotides are conserved in at least 90% of the cases, while arrows indicate remarkable deletions.

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