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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 21.
Published in final edited form as: Acc Chem Res. 2012 Apr 23;45(8):1237–1246. doi: 10.1021/ar200303k

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Fluorine is a poor acceptor in the minor groove of FRNA. (A) Example of the water structure in [f(CGAAUUCG)]2 (PDB code 3P4A).39 (B) Comparison between distances to water molecules by O2′ (red), O2 (pyrimidine)/N3 (purine) (pink) and F2′ (green) in the minor grooves of FRNA or mixed FRNA/RNA duplexes.40