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. 2004 Dec 28;3(1):e5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030005

Figure 5. SARS Virus RNA Macromolecular Mimicry.

Figure 5

(A) The SARS s2m RNA structure (red) is superimposed upon the 530 loop of 16S rRNA (cyan), revealing the similar stem-loop folds.

(B) The IF-1 (magenta) and S12 protein (blue) that bind to the 16S rRNA 530 loop (now hidden) are shown relative to the same s2m RNA superposition, suggesting that their eukaryotic homologs might plausibly bind to the s2m RNA.