Table 1.

Autocatalytic rate constants for Azoarcus RNA covalent self assembly.

WXY Genotype	Self-Assembly Rates (${\mathit{k}}_{\mathit{a}}$); min−1	Nucleotide Pair Type
C•G	0.0415
A•U	0.0319	strong (Watson–Crick)
U•A	0.0197
G•C	0.0125
G•U	0.0091
A•C	0.0069	intermediate (wobble)
U•G	0.0049
U•C	0.0038
U•U	0.0022
C•A	0.0020
C•C	0.0016
G•G	0.0006	weak
G•A	0.0005
A•A	0.0004
C•U	0.0004
A•G	0.0001