Figure 5
Effect of removal of terminal bases from the probe sequence. Effect of removal of terminal bases from the probe sequence. ΔG is the effective interaction energy of the full-length probe. For shortened probes, the respective end (5' is the solution end, 3' is the surface-tethered end) and the number of bases removed (5, 10, 20) are given, i. e., 3': 5 refers to the removal of 5 bases from the tethered (3') terminus.