Table 2. Thermodynamic parameters obtained from the fit of Equation (1) to the binding isotherms in Figure 7.

[DNA] (mM)	[Hfq–CTR] (mM)	ΔHb (kJ mol−1)	K b (104 M−1)	n	ΔG (kJ mol−1)	ΔS (mol−1 K−1)
2.6	0.3	−23.9 ± 0.6	2.2 ± 0.1	0.51 ± 0.01	−24.7 ± 0.2	3 ± 3
2.5	0.5	−23.0 ± 0.5	1.7 ± 0.1	0.51 ± 0.01	−24.1 ± 0.2	4 ± 2
1.6	0.2	−24.3 ± 0.7	3.1 ± 0.3	0.81 ± 0.02	−25.6 ± 0.3	4 ± 3

ΔH_b, K_b, n, ΔG and ΔS denote the binding enthalpy, binding constant, stoichiometry, free energy and entropy changes, respectively.