Double-Length, Circular, Single-Stranded DNA from Filamentous Phage
AUTOR(ES)
Wheeler, Frances C.
RESUMO
Wild-type and gene 3 mutant filamentous phage stocks, containing different relative amounts of multiple-length particles, were treated exhaustively with DNase and then were highly purified. The phage DNA was extracted and examined by electron microscopy. In all cases, about 0.03% of the molecules were circular dimers. 3H-labeled phage DNA was separated as to size by sedimentation in a preformed CsCl density gradient. Individual fractions were then examined in the electron microscope, and the percentage of linear and circular monomer and dimer DNAs was determined. A peak of double-length, circular molecules (with the expected sedimentation constant of 38S) was found ahead of the 24S monomer peak. The double-length molecules had been purified 65-fold. As previously found for single-stranded DNA, the contour length of these molecules was strongly dependent upon ionic strength. Possible artifacts were ruled out, and it was shown that the double-length molecules arose from phage particles.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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