Table 1. Lifetime values for free DAPI and DAPI bound to DNA.

	a1 ± SD	τ1 ± SD, ns	a2 ± SD	τ2 ± SD, ns
DAPI in Solution	0.60	0.36	0.40	2.66
ML DNA	0.40 ± 0.06	0.63 ± 0.04	0.60 ± 0.06	2.23 ± 0.02
CT DNA	0.42 ± 0.02	0.50 ± 0.08	0.58 ± 0.02	2.18 ± 0.06