Figure 3.

Analysis of comparative electrophoresis experiments. (A) End and side views of 147 bp ligation products of duplex 5, predicted from the dinucleotide models LB, DCS and BMHT, respectively. A₅ tracts are indicated in red. Dots indicate equivalent ends. These ends project towards the reader in top views. Only the LB model properly predicts a planar structure. (B) Relationship between modeled and measured DNA curvature. Data are plotted as the modeled curvature (M_C) versus relative curvature (R_L) measured in electrophoretic experiments. A₅ tracts were assigned a value of 18° of curvature.