Table 2.

Measured Parameters for DNA Hybridization at 150 mM NaCl

Probe Type	Probe Sequence	Γa	$K_d^0$ (nM)	$k_{on}^0$(105 M−1 s−1)	$k_{off}^0$ (10−4 s−1)
No linker	p1	1.2 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.6	3.7 ± 0.7	7.7 ± 0.6
ss-Linker	p2	1.3 ± 0.3	3.0 ± 1.0	3.0 ± 1.0	6.5 ± 0.8
ds-Linker	p2 + cp2	0.8 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.1	6.4 ± 0.7	1.7 ± 0.5

^aObtained for s_p = 10¹¹ mm⁻².