Table A.2.

Effect of local conformational coupling on the second lowest-frequency normal twisting mode of a 100 bp generic DNA homopolymer^*

Coupled variables	${\nu }_2^0$ (cm-1)	${\nu }_2^{\mathrm{eq}}$ (cm-1)
	0.370	0.370
Tilt-Roll	0.371	0.371
Tilt-Twist	0.370	0.370
Tilt-Shift	0.371	0.371
Tilt-Slide	0.371	0.371
Tilt-Rise	0.370	0.370
Roll-Twist	0.384	0.384
Roll-Shift	0.370	0.370
Roll-Slide	0.371	0.371
Roll-Rise	0.370	0.370
Twist-Shift	0.369	0.369
Twist-Slide	0.368	0.368
Twist-Rise	0.363	0.363
Shift-Slide	0.370	0.370
Shift-Rise	0.370	0.370
Slide-Rise	0.370	0.370
Roll-Twist, Twist-Rise	0.373	0.373
Twist-Slide, Twist-Rise	0.361	0.361
Roll-Twist, Twist-Slide	0.386	0.386
Roll-Twist, Twist-Slide, Twist-Rise	0.363	0.363

^*Dimeric rest state: $({\theta }_1^0,{\theta }_2^0,{\theta }_3^0,{\theta }_4^0,{\theta }_5^0,{\theta }_6^0)=(0°,-2.8°,33.8°,0\mathrm{Å},-0.2\mathrm{Å},3.33\mathrm{Å})$.