The RNA oligonucleotides (5′-UCAGΨCAGU-3′, 5′-ACUGACUGA-3′, 5′-UCACΨGAGU-3′, 5′-ACUCAGUGA-3′) were synthesized on an Applied Biosystems DNA/RNA synthesizer, deprotected and purified according to previously published procedures31 (link),53 (link),54 (link). For NMR study, each of the obtained duplexes was dissolved in a volume of 200 μl of 90% H2O and 10% D2O solution and placed into a 3 mm NMR sample tube (Supplementary Methods, Section 1).
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