Table 1.

Binding affinities (M⁻¹) for polyamides 4–15

Polyamide	5′-TACGTG-3′
4	7.7 (±0.9) × 1010
5	6.2 (±1.2) × 1010
6	2.5 (±0.3) × 1010
7	4.0 (±0.9) × 1010
8	3.8 (±0.5) × 1010
9	1.5 (±0.6) × 1010
10	2.1 (±0.4) × 1010
11	2.6 (±0.4) × 1010
12	1.1 (±0.2) × 1010
13	7.2 (±1.1) × 109
14	4.8 (±1.9) × 109
15	4.4 (±1.7) × 109

Equilibrium association constants reported are mean values from three DNase I footprint titration experiments; standard deviations are shown in parentheses.