Circular DNA of a yeast episome with two inverted repeats: structural analysis by a restriction enzyme and electron microscopy.
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 73 (9) , 3030-3034
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.73.9.3030
Abstract
Small circular DNA molecules from genetically characterized clones of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were studied by restriction endonuclease analysis and EM. The circular monomers (6000 bases) are shown to contain 2 inverted repeats of the same sequence (600 bases) situated opposite each other along the perimeter. Four endonuclease EcoRI fragments are obtained in 1:1:1:1 stoichiometry, and their sum gives a length of about 12,000 bases. The 2 large fragments and the 2 small ones differ from each other by 200 bases. A model for the structure of the monomer molecule is proposed. Two classes of monomers can be generated by intramolecular recombinations within inverted repeats; they differ by the relative orientation of nonrepeated segments. The structure of dimers as predicted by the model is verified by self-renaturation of single-stranded circles. Inverted repeats in circular molecules may be related to the insertion release faculty of II episome in the chromosomes.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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