Bioinformatics Study of Structural Patterns in Plant MicroRNA Precursors

Table 4

Small internal loops found in close miRNA:miRNA vicinity. The table shows the number and percentage of structures that have 1-1 and 2-2 loops at specified positions in miRNA:miRNA vicinity.

Secondary structure motif	1-1 loop					2-2 loop
Distance from miRNA [nt]	1	2	3	4	5	1	2	3
Number and percentage; of structures with motif	19; 38%	5; 10%	6; 12%	4; 8%	2; 4%	4; 8%	2; 4%	3; 6%