TABLE 3.
Thermodynamic parameters of UNA-modified sSSO/RNA duplexes
| Duplex type | SSO sequence (5′-3′) | Complementary RNA fragment sequence (5′-3′) | vs. log CT |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| −ΔH° (kcal/mol) | −ΔS° (eu) | (kcal/mol)
|
TM (°C) | (kcal/mol)
|
ΔTM (˚C) | |||
| sSSO/sE10 | CGGAGUCA (sSSO) | UGACUCCG | 68.5 ± 1.2 | 182.3 ± 3.5 | 12.01 ± 0.08 | 64.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| CUGGAGUCA (sSSO5) | UGACUCCG | 61.6 ± 2.4 | 163.8 ± 7.3 | 10.78 ± 0.15 | 60.0 | 1.23 | −4.00 | |
| CGGAUGUCA (sSSO6) | UGACUCCG | 55.0 ± 2.0 | 156.5 ± 6.5 | 6.45 ± 0.04 | 36.5 | 5.56 | −27.50 | |
| CGGAGUCUA (sSSO7) | UGACUCCG | 59.9 ± 6.9 | 166.4 ± 22.0 | 8.24 ± 0.22 | 46.1 | 3.77 | −17.90 | |
| CGGAGUCAU (sSSO8) | UGACUCCG | 63.8 ± 2.3 | 171.2 ± 7.1 | 10.74 ± 0.12 | 58.9 | 1.27 | −5.10 | |
| sSSO/sI9 | CGGAGUCA (sSSO) | GUACACCA | 49.8 ± 4.7 | 143.1 ± 16.5 | 5.46 ± 0.22 | 30.5 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| CUGGAGUCA (sSSO5) | GUACACCA | 45.3 ± 1.5 | 128.7 ± 5.2 | 5.37 ± 0.07 | 29.2 | 0.09 | −1.30 | |
| CGGAUGUCA (sSSO6) | GUACACCA | 45.0 ± 5.8 | 127.5 ± 19.5 | 5.46 ± 0.35 | 29.8 | 0.00 | −0.70 | |
| CGGAGUCUA (sSSO7) | GUACACCA | 41.4 ± 3.2 | 114.4 ± 10.7 | 5.86 ± 0.16 | 32.0 | −0.4 | 1.50 | |
| CGGAGUCAU (sSSO8) | GUACACCA | 50.9 ± 6.4 | 147.3 ± 21.37 | 5.22 ± 0.35 | 29.2 | 0.24 | −1.30 | |













