Values of kinetic parameters of CA assembly either in the absence or presence of different chemical chaperones.

at50 is the time at which the optical density (OD) is equal to one-half the optical density extrapolated at infinite time. The values given were obtained by fitting the data to equation 1. The fitting errors are indicated. For linear-fitted curves, the t50 values cannot be calculated but rather estimated to be >40 min, since the maximal t value is 80 min.
bThe linear polymerization rate is the average increase in optical density per minute for the approximate linear part of the polymerization curve. Two values of assembly rate are indicated for curves with two phases of linear increase.