Fig. 2.

Sequence and predicted secondary structure of LIMP repeats. a Alignment of all LIMP copies along with 80 bp of flanking sequence from both sides. LIMPs have been ordered so as to see the similarity between their flanks. For nine LIMPs, the reverse-complemented sequence is also shown to illustrate the fact that a few LIMPs have similar complementary flanks. b Predicted single-stranded RNA secondary structure of a LIMP, using LIMP #2 as an example. c Predicted double-stranded DNA secondary structure of the cruciform at LIMP #2