TABLE 1.

Decay parameters of BOBO-1 in pUC19 in the presence and absence of DOTAP; BOBO-1/DNA: dye/base = 0.01

	DOTAP/DNA charge ratio (+/−)
	0	0.5	2	4
τ1 (ns)	0.38 (27%)	0.43 (35%)	0.25 (50%)	0.20 (52%)
τ2 (ns)	1.54 (44%)	1.65 (51%)	0.96 (38%)	0.89 (36%)
τ3 (ns)	3.33 (29%)	3.72 (14%)	2.95 (12%)	3.73 (12%)
〈τ〉 (ns)	1.75	1.52	0.85	0.88
χ2	1.03	1.10	1.15	1.27