Table 1.
Molecular mass of oligocytidylic acids obtained from poly(C) cleavage by ribonuclease A and comparison with the theoretical values
| Theoretical value | Experimental valuea | |||
| CpCp | 628 | CpC>p | 610 | 610.9 |
| (Cp)2Cp | 933 | (Cp)2C>p | 915 | 915.6 |
| (Cp)3Cp | 1238 | (Cp)3C>p | 1220 | 1221.0 |
| (Cp)4Cp | 1543 | (Cp)4C>p | 1525 | 1527.1 |
| (Cp)5Cp | 1848 | (Cp)5C>p | 1830 | 1834.4 |
| (Cp)6Cp | 2153 | (Cp)6C>p | 2135 | 2135.6 |
| (Cp)7Cp | 2458 | (Cp)7C>p | 2440 | 2445.0 |
a The experimental values were obtained by MALDI-TOF MS from samples of the peaks obtained in experiments such as the one shown in Figure 2 ▶. See Materials and Methods for experimental details.