TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the SL4 structure

Isolate	ΔG (kcal/mol)	No. of nt shared with 1514 SL4/total no. of nt	Length (nt)	No. of bp	Loop size (nt)	Distance from SL3 (nt)
1514	−53.3		83	32	9	26
P10LV	−45.9	74/83	84	30	12	27
SA	−49.8	55/83	83	28	12	26
NA	−50.8	65/83	96	36	4	25
EV1	−51.2	53/83	97	30	10	25
CAEV	−36.4	42/83	89	29	15