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Figure 1.
Figure 1 Comparison of the overall major groove and backbone hydration patterns of the native and methylated A-DNA decamers. Frontal stereo view of the native decamer (A), the methylated orthorhombic decamer (B) and the methylated hexagonal decamer (C). Water molecules are indicated in light blue and hexacoordinated magnesium ions in cyan. Hydrogen bonds are represented by red dashed lines.