The sequence (dC-dA)n X (dG-dT)n forms left-handed Z-DNA in negatively supercoiled plasmids.
- 1 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 80 (7) , 1821-1825
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.80.7.1821
Abstract
Z-DNA-specific antibodies have been used to demonstrate the formation of left-handed Z-DNA in sequences of (dC-dA)32 X (dG-dT)32 in negatively supercoiled plasmids. Z-DNA was found to form at physiological negative superhelical densities (sigma = -0.05) in the absence of high salt concentration or chemical modifications. The binding site of the antibody to the DNA sequences was demonstrated by crosslinking experiments. (dC-dA)n X (dG-dT)n sequences are widespread in eukaryotic DNA, and possible roles for such Z elements in chromatin activation or genome rearrangements are suggested.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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