Table 2.

Birefringence relaxation times and free solution mobilities observed for M13 curvature module mutants

Name	Sequence change in curvature module	τ × 106, s*	μ × 104, cm2/Vs*
217A	Unmodified	4.94	3.1246
217C	CA→TA after A3T	4.82	3.1245
217H	CA→CG before T6	4.84	3.1275
217M	GT→AT after T5	4.74	3.1254
217K	Replace A3T by T4	4.93	3.1368
219	Control	5.68	3.1569
217	Calculated control†	5.43	3.1654

All mutants contained four A-tracts.

^*Standard deviations are given in footnote to Table 1.

^†Calculated from data obtained for normal DNA fragments of various sizes (17,38).