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. 2008 Jan 18;36(5):1508–1516. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm1182

Table 6.

Roll angles of the stacking base pairs in the nucleic acid duplexes

Stacking pair Roll (in degrees)

LNA–DNA LNA–LNA LNA–RNA RNA–DNA RNA–RNA
1–2:9–8 8.5 ± 5.0 7.1 ± 5.0 10.6 ± 5.9 10.4 ± 5.7 13.5 ± 7.1
2–3:8–7 13.0 ± 7.1 10.5 ± 5.2 11.7 ± 6.6 15.5 ± 7.2 14.1 ± 7.0
3–4:7–6 11.8 ± 7.2 11.6 ± 4.6 11.6 ± 5.5 8.5 ± 7.1 9.7 ± 6.2
4–5:6–5 4.4 ± 5.1 4.2 ± 3.9 5.8 ± 5.0 7.5 ± 5.9 7.6 ± 6.7
5–6:5–4 14.4 ± 6.7 12.9 ± 4.8 15.8 ± 6.2 17.6 ± 6.9 15.5 ± 7.3
6–7:4–3 5.11 ± 5.2 3.1 ± 3.9 5.7 ± 5.1 7.9 ± 6.5 11.1 ± 6.7
7–8:3–2 11.9 ± 7.2 11.7 ± 5.1 13.8 ± 6.5 13 ± 6.9 11.4 ± 6.8
8–9:2–1 4.8 ± 5.0 5.4 ± 4.0 4.5 ± 4.6 6.2 ± 4.8 5.5 ± 4.7