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. 2005 Oct 27;33(18):6057–6069. doi: 10.1093/nar/gki911

Table 6.

The physical properties and stability test results for five biological RNA sequences

Sequences RNA NCBI accession ΔG37o (kcal/mol) Tm (°C) TmΔG37o test V VΔG37o test
B1 5′-GGAUACGGCC AUACUGCGCA GAAAGCACCG CUUCCCAUCC GAACAGCGAA GUUAAGCUGC GCCAGGCGGU GUUAGUACUG GGGUGGGCGA CCACCCGGGA AUCCACCGUG CCGUAUCCU 5S RNA M34003 −61.78 93.6 + 4.13 +
B2 5′-GGUCCUAUGG UCUAGUGGUC AGGACAUUGG ACUCUGAAUC CAGUAACCCG AGUUCAAAUC UCGGUAGGAC CU Gln tRNA −29.65 87.4 + 2.65 +
B3 5′-AGCACCGCCU GCUACUUACA UCGCAUUUAU CUUUCGCCUU UUACUAAAGA UAGCCGUGAG UGAGCAGGCA CUGCGGUGCA UUGACCCAAU UUUUGGAGCC CCCUCAAAAG GGCA U5 RNA AF095839 −42.96 86.8 + 7.25 +
B4 5′-UGCAGUUUGC UGCGCUAUUA GUUUGGAACA ACACUGAGAA GAUUAGCAUG GCCCCUGCGC AAGGACGGCA UCUUUCUUUG AGAGGUGUGC UGGGCUCGCC CAGCUUUU U6 RNA AF053588 −38.43 67.4 + 18.06
B5 5′-GACGUGUUAC AGCUCUUUUA GAAUUUGUCU AGUAGGCUUU CUGGCUUUUC ACCGGAAAGC CCCU U7 RNA M17910 −19.45 93.4 + 8.85 +

ΔG37o, Tm and V denote the free energy, melting temperature and Valley index, respectively. The TmΔG37o and VΔG37o test results (+ or −) at 90% confidence level are calculated using the thermodynamic scatter plots (see text and Figure 4).