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Figure 1.
Figure 1. DNA fragment used in the cocrystal. The overall fragment is a 19 base-pair duplex with 5′ single “sticky-ended” overhangs. The central 17 base-pairs correspond to a consensus operator. The dot indicates the pseudo-dyad axis of the operator. Regions in which the sequence palindrome is strictly upheld are shaded. The circles indicate the locations and the nomenclature used to identify the phosphate groups that are directly contacted by Cro.