Table 3

Statistics of biological structures from Table 2.


Hairpins
Stems
2-Branch loops
Multiloops
Bulges

Size
[4,8]
[3,12]
[4, 11]
[6,17]
[1,3]
Number
-
-
[1,8]
[0,5]
[0,0.17]*
Branches
-
-
-
[3,4]
-

Properties of the structures from Table 2; the intervals specify the minimal and maximal values observed for the respective features. These parameters were used to generate structures with biological properties. * This value denotes the ratio of bulges to base pairs in the stems.

Aguirre-Hernández et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2007 8:34   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-8-34