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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 30.
Published in final edited form as: Annu Rev Biomed Eng. 2009;11:25–47. doi: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-061008-124920

Figure 7.

Figure 7

A schematic illustration of a segment of the target mRNA with a double-stranded portion and RNA-binding proteins. A molecular beacon has to compete off an mRNA strand or RNA-binding protein(s) in order to hybridize to the target.