Figure 10.

Y. pestis ompF mRNA 5' UTR/micF RNA duplex model. Secondary structures determined by mfold program of Zuker and co-workers. D. Stewart and M. Zuker graphics program was used (web site: http://www.bioinfo.rpi.edu/applications/mfold/). The Y. pestis duplex structure represents the first alternate structure by mfold modeling. Numbers 1–3 in the figure refer to inter-molecular stems formed by ompF mRNA 5' UTR and micF RNA sequences. Letters a-c refer to intra-molecular micF or ompF mRNA 5'UTR stem loops.