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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Chem Theory Comput. 2012 Jun 5;8(7):2497–2505. doi: 10.1021/ct300240k

Table 3.

Free energy change in kcal/mol for transition from native to mutant1, native to mutant2 and mutant1 to mutant2 hairpins calculated using a thermodynamic cycle.

Native ← Mutant1 Native ← Mutant2 Mutant1 ← Mutant2
Simulation −4.0 ± 2.2 −5.5 ± 1.7 −1.5 ± 2.7
Nearest Neighbor −2.2 ± 0.2 −4.3 ± 0.2 −2.1 ± 0.2

Difference 1.8 1.2 −0.6