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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Q Rev Biophys. 2016 Jun 24;49:e10. doi: 10.1017/S003358351600007X

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Different RNA structures can be populated under in vitro, in vivo, and in vivo-like conditions. RNA structures induced by the cellular environment, including proteins and crowding, are shown in the two outermost structures. The conditions in vitro favor the population of a structure that may not always be the functional RNA structure (center two structures). Depending on the in vivo-like conditions chosen, specific RNA structures will be populated.