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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Mol Biol. 2009 May 29;390(4):805–819. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.05.071

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Bar graphs of charge asymmetry ratios calculated to quantify preferential accumulation of counterions around the Tar as opposed to Tar* hairpin in the Tar-Tar* complex. The same free energy cutoffs are used as in Figure 2, therefore the purple bar represents all ions in the range ΔG ≤ –2.0 kcal/mol, the red bar –2.0 < ΔG ≤ -1.5 kcal/mol, the orange bar -1.5 < ΔG ≤ –1.0 kcal/mol, and the yellow bar –1.0 < ΔG ≤ –0.5 kcal/mol. An asymmetry ratio of 1 denotes equivalent accumulation of counterions around both hairpins, while values greater than 1 denote preferential accumulation around the Tar hairpin.