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. 2013 Dec 17;42(5):3436–3449. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt1297

Table 2.

Mechanical and structural parameters of the transition at the four temperatures as estimated by the multi-curve fit of rF relations with Equation (3)

Inline graphic (°C) Inline graphic (pN) Inline graphic (nm) Inline graphic (nm) q
10 71 ± 3 2.1 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.3 22 ± 2
15 69 ± 3 2.1 ± 0.2 3.1 ± 0.3 22 ± 2
20 68 ± 3 2.1 ± 0.1 3.1 ± 0.3 22 ± 2
25 66 ± 3 2.2 ± 0.2 3.1 ± 0.3 22 ± 2

The estimates of the energetic parameters per bp are ΔE: 8.2 ± 0.3 kBT, ΔS: (14.9 ± 0.5) × 10−3kBT/K, Inline graphic: 3.2 ± 0.3 kBT, β: −0.41 kBT/K.