Complex structure of an RNA molecule. A single-stranded RNA molecule can fold back on itself to form a complex structure. (A) The nucleotide sequence showing Watson–Crick base pairs and other nonstandard base pairings in stem-loop structures. (B) The three-dimensional structure and one important long-range interaction between three bases. In the three-dimensional structure at the left, cytidine nucleotides are shown in blue, adenosine in red, guanosine in black, and uridine in green. In the detailed projection, hydrogen bonds within the Watson–Crick base pair are shown as dashed black lines; additional hydrogen bonds are shown as dashed green lines.