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Chemical reactivities of the functional groups of yeast phenylalanine transfer RNA are compared with surface accessibilities of the groups calculated with various probe radii representing effective radii of the chemical reagents used. We observe 97% agreement with the hypothesis that the chemically modified bases are those with the greatest surface accessibility. This overall strong correlation supports the conclusion that base exposure in an important determinant of chemical modification in this polynucleotide.
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