Figure 4
From: Organization of Nucleotides in Different Environments and the Formation of Pre-Polymers
Volume fraction of ordered nucleotides in the different environments and efficiency of producing ordered stacks.
(a) Total amount of nucleotides at a distance of 3.4 Å for clay, NH4Cl, DMPC and film, as determined by the integrated area of the corresponding diffraction peaks. While clay produces a large number of ordered nucleotides for pure AMP and UMP, NH4Cl is most productive in producing nucleotides at a distance of 3.4 Å for AMP/UMP mixtures. (b) The efficiency was calculated as the ratio between nucleotides at a 3.4 Å distance and nucleotides at a 4.6 Å distance. An efficiency less than 1 is indicative that more 4.6 Å nucleotides are produced while efficiencies of greater than 1 are indicative of more nucleotides at a distance of 3.4 Å. NH4Cl was found to be most efficient in producing nucleotides at a distance of 3.4 Å. The bars indicate the experimental error.
