ViennaRNA Nucleobase and Base Pair Picture Book (BPPB)
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The canonical nucleotides found in RNA and/or DNA, sometimes also referred to as primary nucleotides.
Guanine (C)
RNA DNA
RNA DNA
Cytosine (C)
RNA DNA
RNA DNA
Adenine (A)
RNA DNA
RNA DNA
Uracil (U)
RNA
RNA
Thymine (T)
DNA
DNA
Modified nucleotides found in RNA and/or DNA.
Hypoxanthine (I)
RNA
RNA
nucleobase of inosine
Pseudouracil (Ψ)
RNA
RNA
nucleobase of pseudouridine
N6-methyl-adenine (m6A)
RNA DNA
RNA DNA
methyl syn conformation
N6-methyl-adenine (m6A)
RNA DNA
RNA DNA
methyl anti conformation
7-deaza-adenine (7DA)
RNA DNA
RNA DNA
nucleobase of tubercidin
Purine (P)
RNA
RNA
nucleobase of nebularin
The canonical Watson-Crick and Wobble basepairs found in RNA and/or DNA.
Guanine - Cytosine
(G•C)
RNA DNA
(G•C)
RNA DNA
Adenine - Uracil
(A•U)
RNA
(A•U)
RNA
Guanine - Uracil
(G•U)
RNA
(G•U)
RNA
Base Pairs that involve modified nucleobases.
Hypoxanthine - Cytosine
(I•U)
RNA
(I•U)
RNA
Hypoxanthine - Adenine
(I•A)
RNA
(I•A)
RNA
Hypoxanthine - Uracil
(I•U)
RNA
(I•U)
RNA
Pseudouracil - Guanine
(Ψ•G)
RNA
(Ψ•G)
RNA
Pseudouracil - Adenine
(Ψ•A)
RNA
(Ψ•A)
RNA
Pseudouracil - Uracil
(Ψ•U)
RNA
(Ψ•U)
RNA
Pseudouracil - Uracil
(Ψ•U)
RNA
(Ψ•U)
RNA
N6-methyl-adenine - Uracil
(m6A•U)
RNA
(m6A•U)
RNA
7-deaza-adenine - Uracil
(7DA•U)
RNA
(7DA•U)
RNA
Purine - Uracil
(P•U)
RNA
(P•U)
RNA