Figure 1.
Examples of RNA structures. (A) Structural diagram of the hepatitis C virus IRES structure, showing its pseudoknot. Adapted from Malygin et al.(4), (B) Structural model of the HIV-1 5'leader RNA, highlighting some of the important RNA structures it contains. Adapted from Kenyon et al. (5), (C) An RNA guanine quadruplex structure, showing the 4-way bonds between guanines in each plane. Adapted from Frees et al. (6).
