Table 3.

Thermodynamic Parameters for Hairpins in 1 M NaCl.^a

		Experiment			Loop Formationb
sequence	TM a	ΔG°37	ΔH°	ΔS°	ΔG°37	ΔH°	ΔS°
	(°C)	kcal/mol	kcal/mol	eu	kcal/mol	kcal/mol	eu
5′GGCGAAUGCC	64.9	–2.47	–29.86	–88.31	4.21	–1.59	–18.71
5′CGGGCUUCCG	49.6	–0.86	–21.99	–68.14	4.76	2.04	–8.74
5′GGACGCUUGUCCa	70.9	–4.478	–45.078	–130.878	3.4	–7.77	–36.1
5′GGACUUCGGUCCa	76.4	–6.378	–55.978	–159.978	1.6	–18.67	–65.2
GGCUUCGGCC	72.2	–4.179	–40.179	–116.179	2.6	–11.8	–46.5

^aT_M is calculated from ΔH° and ΔS°.

^bLoop parameters for Antao and Tinoco⁷⁸ were recalculated with Watson-Crick nearest neighbor parameters of Xia et al.⁷⁰