TABLE 1.

Model parameters estimated by MCSA

Parameter (units)	Replicate 1	Replicate 2	Replicate 3	Average values
α	0.0622 (0.0346, 0.1023)	0.0654 (0.0094, 0.1114)	0.1695 (0.1351, 0.2084)	0.0743 (0.0264, 0.1941)
r (molecules/h)	0.1217 (0.0937, 0.1707)	0.1175 (0.0658, 0.1703)	0.1220 (0.0981, 0.1691)	0.1211 (0.0758, 0.1704)
δp (molecules/h)	1.088 × 10−4 (1.790 × 10−6, 0.0076)	0.0286 (0.0063, 0.0606)	0.0040 (8.554 × 10−4, 0.0137)	0.0049 (5.508 × 10−6, 0.0544)
δm (molecules/h)	0.0081 (4.332 × 10−4, 0.0396)	0.0184 (0.0012, 0.0674)	0.0141 (0.0028, 0.0443)	0.0121 (8.107 × 10−4, 0.0564)
K (molecules)	4.694 × 107 (4.561 × 107, 4.887 × 107)	3.061 × 107 (2.936 × 107, 3.222 × 107)	3.537 × 107 (3.399 × 107, 3.659 × 107)	4.694 × 107 (3.460 × 107, 3.158 × 108)
τ (molecules/h)	0.0170 (0.0132, 0.0212)	0.0132 (0.0086, 0.0204)	0.0167 (0.0144, 0.0191)	0.0163 (0.0094, 0.0204)
ψ (1/molecules)	3.340 × 10−8 (4.154 × 10−9, 7.717 × 10−8)	7.159 × 10−9 (6.880 × 10−10, 1.689 × 10−8)	4.581 × 10−8 (5.486 × 10−9, 1.161 × 10−7)	2.862 × 10−8 (1.602 × 10−9, 9.240 × 10−8)

Each one of the three experimental replicates has been fitted to the model independently. Confidence limits represent the 95% confidence intervals obtained from 500 realizations of the numerical optimization process.