Research Article

Guanosine Quadruplexes in Solution: A Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Analysis of Temperature Effects on Self-Assembling of Deoxyguanosine Monophosphate

Table 2

Single and common parameters obtained by the global-fitting procedure applied to the 8 experimental SAXS curves shown in Figure 2. Symbols are as in the text.

𝑇 ( C) 23.424.024.5 25.426.527.628.529.5

𝜎 e (Å) 8.6 ± 0.2 9.0 ± 0.9 9 ± 29 ± 2
𝑍 6.9 ± 0.3 6.5 ± 0.5 4 ± 1 3 ± 1
𝐽 (kcal/mol) 32 ± 12 28 ± 12 30 ± 12 25 ± 15
𝑑 (Å) 2.6 ± 0.2 2.6 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.8 1.7 ± 0.5

𝑅 (Å) 12.2 ± 0.5
𝑟 c o r e (Å) 1.9 ± 0.1
𝜌 s h e l l (e Å-3) 0.43 ± 0.01
𝜌 c o r e (e Å-3) 0.325 ± 0.005
𝜅 (1.6 ± 0.1) 1 0 3