Table 1. The melting characteristics of the studied DNA duplexes at 283 μM concentration in 150 mM NaCl, 5 mM Na-Phosphate pH 7.4.

DNA duplexes		Tt (°C)	(kJ/mol)	(kJ/mol)
	CG duplexes
9-CG	5′-CGCCGCCGC-3′	74.0	290	223
	3′-GCGGCGGCG-5′
12-CG	5′-CGCCGCCGCCGC-3′	83.6	420	323
	3′-GCGGCGGCGGCG-5′
15-CG	5′-CGCCGCCGCCGCCGC-3′	89.5	530	408
	3′-GCGGCGGCGGCGGCG-5′
	AT duplexes
9-AT	5′-CGCAAACGC-3′	60.4	285	251
	3′-GCGTTTGCG-5′
12-AT/AT	5′-CGCAAAAAACGC-3′	63.0	410	360
	3′-GCGTTTTTTGCG-5′
12-AT/TA	5′-CGCAAATTTCGC-3′	64.5	405	350
	3′-GCGTTTAAAGCG-5′
12-TA/AT	5′-CGCTTTAAACGC-3′	60.8	371	327
	3′-GCGAAATTTGCG-5′
12-A/T	5′-CGCATATATCGC-3′	60.3	370	326
	3′-GCGTATATAGCG-5′
15-AT/TA/AT	5′-CGCAAATTTAAACGC-3′	64.8	500	440
	3′-GCGTTTAAATTTGCG-5′
15-AT/AT/AT	5′-CGCAAAAAAAAACGC-3′	65.1	503	443
	3′-GCGTTTTTTTTTGCG-5′
	Errors	±0.3	±15	±10