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. 2018 Mar 12;14:603–617. doi: 10.3762/bjoc.14.47

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Interactions attracting the incoming nucleotide to the extension site. Besides base pairing via hydrogen bonding to the templating base, stacking interactions with neighboring bases of primer and a possible downstream-binding helper oligonucleotide, as well as help of solvophobic effects, influence the strength of the template effect.