The 28 possible base-pairs for A, G, U(T), and C involving at least two
(cyclic) hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen and nitrogen atoms displayed as small and
large filled circles, oxygen atoms as open circles, and glycosyl bonds and thick lines with
R indicating ribose C1' atom. Base-pairs are boxed according to composition and
symmetry, consisting of only purine, only pyrimidine, or mixed purine/pyrimidine
pairs and asymmetric or symmetric base-pairs. Symmetry elements
and are twofold rotation axes vertical to and within the plane
of the paper. In the Watson-Crick base-pairs XIX and XX and in base-pairs VIII and XVIII,
pseudosymmetry relating only glycosyl links but not individual base atoms is observed. Drawn
after compilations in (33,457).
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