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7
1.8
6
1.6
5
1.4
4
3
1.2
2
1
1
0.8
0
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
10
15
20
25
30
35
B
Endonuclease (units)
A
Endonuclease (unit)
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
C
Fractal dimension,
D
f
Figure 13.7
(a) Increase in the binding rate coefficient, k with an increase in the endonuclease concentration
(in units). (b) Increase in the fractal dimension, D
f
with an increase in the endonuclease
concentration (in units). (c) Increase in the binding rate coefficient, k with an increase in the fractal
dimension, D
f
.
endonuclease concentration in units as noted by the greater than one and a half (equal to
1.593) order of dependence exhibited.
Figure 13.7b
and
Table 13.5
show the increase in the fractal dimension
D
f
with an increase in
the restriction endonuclease concentration in units, U. For the data shown in
Figure 13.7b
, the
fractal dimension
D
f
is given by:
0
:
311
0
:
107
D
f
¼ð
0
:
584
0
:
112
Þ½
endonuclease, unit
ð
13
:
5b
Þ
The fit is good. Only four data points are available. The availability of more data points would
lead to a more reliable fit. The fractal dimension
D
f
is only mildly sensitive to the endonuclease
concentration in units as noted by the low (equal to 0.311) order of dependence exhibited.
