Fig. 6
mRNA secondary structures. a k 27 differs from k 29 only by a guanine instead of an adenine at position −1. However, their mRNA secondary structures are dissimilar. In k 27, the extended Kozak sequence is involved in base-pairing interactions with the CYC1 terminator, whereas in k 29 the extended Kozak sequence is locked into a stem with the CDS. The MFE associated with k 27 is lower than that of k 29, but there is no difference between the fluorescence levels of the two sequences (p-value =0.20). b Multiple guanines in the upstream region give rise to mRNA structures characterized by base-pairing interactions between the 5′-UTR and the CYC1 terminator. k 28 and k 34 have six guanines in a stem with the CYC1 terminator, whereas k 35 has only 5 guanines in an analogous structure. This causes an increase in MFE and consequently a higher fluorescence