Table 2.

Basic properties of the RNA families used in the experiments

	Number of seed sequences	Average length	Average percentage identity
Transfer RNA	1088	72.7	45
5S ribosomal RNA	602	116.8	61
Corona_pk3	14	62.5	70
HDV_ribozyme	15	88.8	95
Tombus_3_IV	18	64.5	94
Flavi_pk3	14	95.4	69