Figure 5.
Ring and anti-ring nanoparticles do not re-associate but cognate monomers form rings and fibers. (A) Schematics of isothermal re-association of triangles and anti-triangles. AFM of triangles and anti-triangles and native-PAGE of re-associated anti-triangles with triangles after 30 min of incubation. (B) AFM images of RNA rings and anti-rings and native-PAGE showing that they do not interact. (C) The individual monomers of rings and anti-rings form the mixture of hexameric rings and fiber-like structures as shown by native-PAGE and AFM.