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Table 1.

Optimized dissociation constants

Model	Equilibria	K_d values
1	$6 R c a ⇄ R c a_{6}$	50 μM⁵
	$4 R c a_{6} ⇄ R c a_{24}$	10³μM³
2	$3 R c a ⇄ R c a_{3}$	5 μM²
	$2 R c a_{3} ⇄ R c a_{6}$	5 μM
	$4 R c a_{6} ⇄ R c a_{24}$	35 μM³
3	$2 R c a ⇄ R c a_{2}$	3.5 μM
	$2 R c a_{2} ⇄ R c a_{4}$	1 μM
	$R c a_{2} + R c a_{4} ⇄ R c a_{6}$	1 μM
	$4 R c a_{6} ⇄ R c a_{24}$	25 μM³

Dissociation constants (K_d) for each assembly step were obtained by modeling according to Eq. 9. Model 1 is judged to be inconsistent with experiment, whereas Models 2 and 3 provide good fits to the data.