Table 1. Some parameters of miRNAs and the partition of monomer and dimer formation in concentration dependence.

	miR-21	miR-93	miR-296
Free energy of dimer [kcal/mol]	−13.458649	−13.541779	−15.170716
Free energy of monomer [kcal/mol]	−1.980884	−3.900905	−4.140155
Concentration in which miRNA dimer and monomer are in equilibrium [M]	163 nM	51 µM	8.1 µM
Concentration in which 50% of molecules form dimer [M]	135 nM	60.7 µM	9.27 µM
The partition of monomer fraction in 10 nM miRNA	88.5%	∼100%	∼100%
The partition of monomer fraction in 0.7 mM miRNA	1.9%	31.5%	14.5%
The partition of monomer fraction in cellular miRNA concentration (166 pM)	∼100%	∼100%	∼100%