TABLE 3.

Best-fit values derived from the melting curves shown in Fig. 8

Oligonucleotide	[θ]N	[θ]D	Mean ± SD
			Tm (°C)	ΔH (kcal/mol)
MARK-18
No K+	13,812	6,659	38.4 ± 0.7	17.6 ± 1.1
+ K+	12,545	6,846	40.6 ± 0.6	20.5 ± 1.4
S1-11
No K+	10,958	−694	49.6 ± 3.3	10.3 ± 1.8
+ K+	15,049	5,862	30.8 ± 0.6	21.5 ± 1.6
S1-18
No K+	6,706	941	66.4 ± 2.6	21.9 ± 3.7
+ K+	21,204	3,679	44.1 ± 0.2	40.6 ± 1.7