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Around the bend: A right-angled bend in the RNA of the hepatitis C virus is stabilized by a core of divalent metal ions (shown as green and violet spheres). Crystal-structure analysis and fluorescence labeling have been used to investigate the structure and metal-ion-dependent stabilization of the RNA domain that plays a key role in viral protein synthesis.
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