Table 2. Thermodynamic profiles of Alba1 binding to the calf thymus DNA and DNA oligonucleotides at 25°C and pH 7.0.

DNA	n	Kbin	ΔHbin	ΔSbin
		(106 M−1)	(cal/mol)	(cal/mol K)
CT-DNA	0.21±0.01	7.8±2.2	−2849±112	22.0
A-DNA	0.15±0.01	2.4±0.5	−4477±167	14.2
B-DNA	0.11±0.01	0.8±0.1	−3112±492	17.9

n, binding site stoichiometry; K_bin, binding constant; ΔH_bin, enthalpy change of binding; ΔS_bin, entropy change.