Abstract
Isolated simian virus 40 (SV40) and polyoma nucleoprotein complexes contain endonuclease that, under in vitro conditions, converts part (up to 30%) of the covalently closed superhelical DNA to full-length linear rods. The positions of the cleavage sites within the genomes of SV40 and polyoma were determined by digestion with various single-cut restriction endonucleases and subsequent agarose gel electrophoresis of the cleavage products. Both SV40 and polyoma covalently closed superhelical DNA were cleaved open at their respective origins of DNA replication (+/- 75 base pairs). The full-length linear DNA rods whose ends map adjacent to the origin of DNA replication could also be isolated by sodium dodecyl sulfate/phenol extraction both from SV40-infected permissive cells and from purified SV40 virions. These data reveal the presence of a unique structure of the papovavirus chromatin close to the initiation site of DNA replication.
Dates
Type | When |
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Created | 19 years, 2 months ago (May 31, 2006, 3:38 a.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 11:09 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 2 months ago (June 9, 2024, 12:29 a.m.) |
Issued | 46 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1978) |
Published | 46 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1978) |
Published Online | 46 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1978) |
Published Print | 46 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1978) |
@article{Waldeck_1978, title={Origin of DNA replication in papovavirus chromatin is recognized by endogenous endonuclease.}, volume={75}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.75.12.5964}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.75.12.5964}, number={12}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Waldeck, W and Föhring, B and Chowdhury, K and Gruss, P and Sauer, G}, year={1978}, month=dec, pages={5964–5968} }