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. 2016 Feb 20;44(11):e101. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkw114

Table 5. Rate constants of the B- to Z-DNA transition of the (GC)7 hairpin structure calculated by fitting the CD kinetics curves to a mono-exponential function. The rate constants are an average of two independent measurements.

Sequence k (10−3 s−1)
4.5 M NaCl 3 M NaCl
Unmodified hairpin 5.75a 2.2a
D3 5.75a -
D3A8 7.8a -
D3A10 7.55a -
D3A12 5.6a -

aErrors are <10%.