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Figure 1.
Figure 1: Crystal structure of T. thermophilus argonaute bound to a 5'-phosphorylated 21-base DNA guide strand. a, Stick (DNA) and ribbon (Ago) view of the 3.0 Å structure of the complex. Individual domains and linkers are colour-coded. The bound 21-base DNA guide strand is coloured red (with phosphorus atoms in yellow), and can be traced for nucleotides 1 to 11 and 18 to 21, together with phosphates at positions 16 and 17. b, Corresponding stick (DNA) and electrostatically colour-coded surface (Ago) view of the complex. c, An alternate stereo view of the complex from that shown in a. For rotation of c, see Supplementary Movie 2DLH.

The above figure is reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature (2008, 456, 209-213) copyright 2008.