Table 3.

Thermodynamic parameters for the trinucleotide formations^a

Sequence	ΔH0 (kcal mol−1)	ΔS0 (cal mol−1K−1)	$\Delta G_{37}^0$ (kcal mol−1)
5′-AXA-3′	3.9	15	−0.5
3′-TAT-5′
5′-GXG-3′	1.0	9	−1.4
3′-CAC-5′
5′-CXC-3′	10.7	34	0.2
3′-GAG-5′
5′-TXT-3′	5.9	20	0.4
3′-AAA-5′

^aThe parameters were calculated on the basis of the nearest-neighbor model using the thermodynamic parameters of the Watson–Crick base pairs (19,20,29).