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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Struct Biol. 2010 Nov 11;174(1):137–146. doi: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.11.007

Table 1.

Pressure, volume and the expansion work done by DNA upon packaging into bacteriophage Lambda in the repulsive and attractive regimes

% R [Å] V [Å3]*10−7 P [atm] pΔV
[kcal/mol]
P [atm] pΔV
[kcal/mol]
Repulsive mode Attractive mode
10 210 3.87 0.71 0 0.15 0
20 210 3.87 3.23 0 0.97 0
30 250 6.54 3.01 1216 0.16 352.2
40 290 10.2 1.40 2400 0.02 370.2
50 290 10.2 2.90 2400 0.11 370.2
60 290 10.2 6.21 2400 0.38 370.2
70 290 10.2 12.5 2400 0.79 370.2
78 290 10.2 23.5 2400 1.34 370.2