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Specht CA, Novotny CP, Ullrich RC. Strain specific differences in ribosomal DNA from the fungus Schizophyllum commune. Curr Genet 2013; 8:219-22. [PMID: 24177742 DOI: 10.1007/bf00417819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/1983] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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CsCl-bisbenzimide gradients were used to purify ribosomal DNA (rDNA) from Schizophyllum commune total DNA. Southern hybridizations demonstrate that this DNA codes for rRNA. Restriction mapping of the rDNA from four strains revealed strain variation with repeat lengths of 9.2-9.6 kbp. Specific differences in the length of the rDNA repeat in different strains are due to insertions of 0.2 or 0.4 kbp of DNA at a single site. Different strains also show restriction site polymorphisms. Our analysis demonstrates the caution that must be exercised when interpreting restriction data from genomes containing restriction polymorphisms. Restriction digests with MspI and HpaII indicate that the rDNA contains 5-methylcytosine and that the unit repeats are not methylated identically, but rather differentially. This is the first report of methylated rDNA in fungi.
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- C A Specht
- Department of Botany, University of Vermont, 05405, Vermont, Burlington, USA
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Specht CA, Novotny CP, Ullrich RC. Mitochondrial DNA of Schizophyllum commune: restriction map, genetic map, and mode of inheritance. Curr Genet 1992; 22:129-34. [PMID: 1358467 DOI: 10.1007/bf00351472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) found in the basidiomycete Schizophyllum commune (strain 4-40) is a circular molecule 49.75 kbp in length. A physical map containing 61 restriction sites revealed no repeat structures. Cloned genes from Neurospora crassa, Aspergillus nidulans, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae were used in Southern hybridizations to locate nine mitochondrial genes, including a possible pseudogene of ATPase 9, on the restriction map. A probe from a functional ATPase 9 gene identified homologous fragments only in the nuclear genome of S. commune. Restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) between mtDNA isolated from different strains of S. commune were used to show that mitochondria do not migrate with nuclei during dikaryosis.
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- C A Specht
- Department of Botany, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405
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The estrogen receptor activation factor (E-RAF)-mediated binding of the receptor-estrogen complex to uterine nuclei was found to involve at least two classes of nuclear macromolecules: (1) the DNA, and (2) a proteinacious component. Evidences are presented to show that at least a portion of (2) is represented by the nuclear RNA polymerases. The receptor-estrogen complex associated in vivo with the nuclear RNA polymerases existed in two distinct forms which sedimented at 3.8 S and 4.8 S on sucrose density gradients. Almost 2/3 of the total radioactivity was associated with the 3.8 S species. Saturation kinetics of the two forms showed that while the 4.8 S form displayed characteristics similar to the classical type I nuclear binding site, the features displayed by the 3.8 S form were closely similar to those of the nuclear type II site. The 4.8 S species is a DNA binding form while the 3.8 S form is non-DNA binding. Anti-E-RAF IIA IgG cross-reacted with both the binding components. Goat uterine E-RAF I, IIA and IIB were purified to homogeneity as described earlier. While E-RAF IIA and IIB destabilized the native DNA structure and induced separation of the DNA strands, E-RAF I performed the opposite function. The reactions required the presence of ATP; all three of them displayed DNA-dependent ATPase activity. In an in vitro transcription system which contained purified RNA polymerase B (rat liver enzyme) and goat uterine DNA, E-RAF IIA and IIB enhanced transcription 7-fold over the control while E-RAF I totally suppressed the transcription process, irrespective of whether it was stimulated earlier by the other two E-RAF forms or not. This E-RAF property remained unchanged even after its association with the 4 S receptor-estrogen complex forming 5 S complex.
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- R V Thampan
- School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India
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Tikhomirova LP, Ikonomova RN, Kuznetsova EN, Fodor II, Bystrykh LV, Aminova LR, Trotsenko YuA. Transformation of methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha: cloning and expression of genes. J Basic Microbiol 1988; 28:343-51. [PMID: 2852718 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620280509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We developed a host-vector system for transformation and gene cloning experiments using the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha. Regeneration of protoplasts in a medium containing polyethylene glycol before plating made transformation more efficient and reproducible (2 to 3 x 10(4) micrograms DNA). The frequency of transformation was significantly lower when dominant resistance marker Cup1r was used for transformant selection. The transformation system developed was used to clone the DNA fragment which complements functionally the defect in the dihydroxyacetone kinase (DHAK*) activity of a H. polymorpha mutant strain. The DNA insert isolated was shown to increase by up to ten times the activity of DHAK in transformants carrying recombinant plasmids. When recombinant plasmids were introduced into S. cerevisiae, the transformants obtained acquired the ability to grow on the medium with dihydroxyacetone as a sole carbon source and the activity of DHAK was observed.
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- L P Tikhomirova
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, USSR Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region
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Cockley KD, Shiraki K, Rapp F. A human cytomegalovirus function inhibits replication of herpes simplex virus. J Virol 1988; 62:188-95. [PMID: 2824846 PMCID: PMC250518 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.62.1.188-195.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Human embryonic lung (HEL) cells infected with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) restricted the replication of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). A delay in HSV replication of 15 h as well as a consistent, almost 3 log inhibition of HSV replication in HCMV-infected cell cultures harvested 24 to 72 h after superinfection were observed compared with controls infected with HSV alone. Treatment of HCMV-infected HEL cells with cycloheximide (100 micrograms/ml) for 3 or 24 h, conditions known to result in accumulation of HCMV immediate-early and early mRNA, was demonstrated effective in blocking HCMV protein synthesis, as shown by immunoprecipitation with HCMV antibody-positive polyvalent serum. Cycloheximide treatment of HCMV-infected HEL cells and removal of the cycloheximide block before superinfection inhibited HSV-1 replication more efficiently than non-drug-treated superinfected controls. HCMV DNA-negative temperature-sensitive mutants restricted HSV as efficiently as wild-type HCMV suggesting that immediate-early and/or early events which occur before viral DNA synthesis are sufficient for inhibition of HSV. Inhibition of HSV-1 in HCMV-infected HEL cells was unaffected by elevated temperature (40.5 degrees C). However, prior UV irradiation of HCMV removed the block to HSV replication, demonstrating the requirement for an active HCMV genome. HSV-2 replication was similarly inhibited in HCMV-infected HEL cells. However, replication of adenovirus, another DNA virus, was not restricted in these cells under the same conditions. Superinfection of HCMV-infected HEL cells with HSV-1 labeled with [3H]thymidine provided evidence that the labeled virus could penetrate to the nucleus of cells after superinfection. Evidence for penetration of superinfecting HSV into HCMV-infected cells was also provided by blot hybridization of HSV DNA synthesized in cells infected with HSV alone versus superinfected cell cultures at 0 and 48 h after superinfection. In addition, superinfection with vesicular stomatitis virus ruled out a role for interferon in restriction of HSV replication in this system.
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- K D Cockley
- Department of Microbiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033
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Dmochowska A, Dignard D, Henning D, Thomas DY, Bussey H. Yeast KEX1 gene encodes a putative protease with a carboxypeptidase B-like function involved in killer toxin and alpha-factor precursor processing. Cell 1987; 50:573-84. [PMID: 3301004 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(87)90030-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The yeast KEX1 gene product has homology to yeast carboxypeptidase Y. A mutant replacing serine at the putative active site of the KEX1 protein abolished activity in vivo. A probable site of processing by the KEX1 product is the C-terminus of the alpha-subunit of killer toxin, where toxin is followed in the precursor by 2 basic residues. Processing involves endoproteolysis following these basic residues and trimming of their C-terminal by a carboxypeptidase. Consistent with the KEX1 product being this carboxypeptidase is its role in alpha-factor pheromone production. In wild-type yeast, KEX1 is not essential for alpha-factor production, as the final pheromone repeat needs no C-terminal processing. However, in a mutant in which alpha-factor production requires a carboxypeptidase, pheromone production is KEX1-dependent.
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Toyoda T, Hamaguchi M, Nagai Y. Detection of polycistronic transcripts in Newcastle disease virus infected cells and identification of their sequence content. Arch Virol 1987; 95:97-110. [PMID: 3592987 DOI: 10.1007/bf01311337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The synthesis of six to seven polycistronic transcripts of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in BHK cells was detected by Northern hybridization using cDNA clones generated by reverse transcription of five NDV mRNAs. Within the molecular weight range resolved by the gel electrophoresis system employed, four of the transcripts were suggested to be distronic, containing sequences of two genes, NP-P, P-M, M-F0 and F0-HN, respectively. In addition, tricistronic molecules of M-F0-HN and possibly of NP-P-M as well as P-M-F0 appeared to develop, although they were very low in amount. These data suggest a gene order of NP-P-M-F0-HN on the NDV genome. The polycistronic as well as monocistronic transcripts were generated with an almost constant proportion in amount throughout the virus replication. Further, at least several of them were also generated under the conditions where only the primary transcription was allowed by inhibiting de novo protein synthesis. Therefore, it appears likely that there is no distinct temporal control in NDV genome expression.
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Yano S, Miyoshi I, Ohtsuki Y, Koizumi S, Osato T. A virion-like particle (VLP) released from an Epstein-Barr virus-producing cell sub-line of P3HR-1: identification of a specific cellular DNA contained within VLPs. Int J Cancer 1986; 38:275-84. [PMID: 3015807 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910380219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A virion-like particle (VLP) was isolated from the culture fluid of P3HR-I cells. VLPs were separable from the enveloped Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) through rate-velocity sedimentation by virtue of their greater density. VLPs comprised electron-dense nucleoid material and the surrounding round or oval envelope which ranged from 100 to 150 nm in diameter. The polypeptide constitution of VLPs was very similar to that of enveloped EBV by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. VLPs contained reasonably specific cellular DNA (VLP DNA) with a sedimentation coefficient of 48S, which was cleaved into 5, 8, and at least 30 specific DNA fragments by digestion with BamHI, SalI, and EcoRI, respectively. Blot hybridization data suggested a limited heterogeneous genomic organization of VLP DNA and the presence of a VLP DNA-related molecule(s) in human cord lymphocytes.
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Tikhomirova LP, Ikonomova RN, Kuznetsova EN. Evidence for autonomous replication and stabilization of recombinant plasmids in the transformants of yeast Hansenula polymorpha. Curr Genet 1986; 10:741-7. [PMID: 3447734 DOI: 10.1007/bf00405096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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For the transformation of the yeast Hansenula polymorpha we have constructed a set of hybrid plasmids carrying the LEU2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a selective marker and fragments of mitochondrial DNA of Candida utilis and H. polymorpha or chromosomal DNA fragments of H. polymorpha as replicator sequences. The replication properties of chimeric plasmids in the yeast H. polymorpha were investigated. We showed that for plasmids propagated autonomously in this yeast the plasmid monomers could be detected in the transformants only during the immediate time after the transformation event. Further growth under selective conditions led to the selection of polymeric forms of plasmid DNA as it was clearly shown for transformants carrying cosmid pL2 with mtDNA fragment of C. utilis. Such transformants carrying polymerized plasmids showed a remarkably increased stability of the transformed phenotype. Cosmid pL2 was able to shuttle between Escherichia coli, S. cerevisiae and H. polymorpha, whereas plasmids with DNA fragments from H. polymorpha did not transform S. cerevisiae effectively.
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- L P Tikhomirova
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, USSR Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region
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Ishiyama T, Shinagawa M, Sato G, Fujinaga K, Padmanabhan R. Generation of packaging-defective DNA molecules of equine adenovirus. Virology 1986; 151:66-76. [PMID: 3008433 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(86)90104-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Equine adenovirus (EAd) DNA prepared from infected bovine kidney (MDBK) cells contained additional sequences of about 100 to 700 bp at the left-hand end of the genome. These aberrant viral genomes were produced even after the first passage of the wild type EAd in MDBK cells and their relative amounts did not change significantly during serial passage. The left terminal fragments of two defective viral DNAs were cloned into the plasmid vector pBR322 and the nucleotide sequences of their terminal regions were analyzed. The data indicate that one viral DNA contained a duplication of the inverted terminal repetition (ITR) and the other contained 270 bp of additional sequences derived from the right-terminal region of EAd genome added to the left-terminal, ITR. While the former DNA was packaged into virions, the latter was not, presumable due to the alteration of the distance from the left terminus to the putative DNA packaging signal, reported to be located between 290 and 390 bp (Hammarskjold and Winberg, 1980). The possible mechanism for the generation of these defective DNAs is discussed.
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Scheck AC, Wigdahl B, De Clercq E, Rapp F. Prolonged herpes simplex virus latency in vitro after treatment of infected cells with acyclovir and human leukocyte interferon. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1986; 29:589-93. [PMID: 3010847 PMCID: PMC180447 DOI: 10.1128/aac.29.4.589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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We previously demonstrated that herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) can be established in a latent form in vitro by the treatment of HSV-infected human cells with (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (BVDU) in combination with human leukocyte interferon (IFN-alpha). We now report that the substitution of BVDU with 9-[(2-hydoxyethoxy)methyl]guanine (acyclovir; ACV) during a combined treatment with IFN-alpha inhibited HSV-1 replication and established in vitro virus latency that could be maintained for a longer period after inhibitor removal and a continued incubation at 37 degrees C. By contrast, the treatment of HSV-1-infected cells with combined IFN-alpha and 9-(1,3-dihydroxy-2-propoxymethyl)guanine, a congener of ACV, failed to establish in vitro virus latency. Furthermore, none of these inhibitors used alone was sufficient to establish in vitro virus latency. The use of nucleoside analogs differing from BVDU in their modes of action has enabled us to initiate studies designed to extend in vitro virus latency.
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Bennett RM, Gabor GT, Merritt MM. DNA binding to human leukocytes. Evidence for a receptor-mediated association, internalization, and degradation of DNA. J Clin Invest 1985; 76:2182-90. [PMID: 3001145 PMCID: PMC424340 DOI: 10.1172/jci112226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Previous studies have indicated that white blood cells possess DNA on their outer membranes. In this study we set out to determine whether exogenous DNA bound to cells in a fashion compatible with a ligand receptor union. Purified populations of white blood cells; neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes, PMN), adherent mononuclear cells (ADMC), rosetting lymphocytes (E+ cells), and nonrosetting lymphocytes (E- cells) were incubated with radiolabeled lambda phage DNA in increasing concentrations. Binding of [3H]DNA was a saturable process and was inhibited by excess cold DNA and prior trypsinization of the cells. Rate zonal density centrifugation of purified cell membrane preparations confirmed that DNA was binding to the outer cell surface. The dissociation constant for all four cell types was approximately 10(-9) M, and from 0.81 X 10(3) to 2.6 X 10(3) molecules of lambda phage DNA bound to each cell depending upon cell type. Binding was not competitively inhibited by RNA, polydeoxyadenylic acid-polydeoxythymidylic acid (poly [d(A).d(T)]), or mononucleotides. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE)-separated proteins from PMN, ADMC, E+, and E- cells were electrophoretically blotted onto nitrocellulose sheets; a probe of biotin-labeled DNA indicated a single species of DNA-binding molecule migrating in a position consistent with a molecular weight of 30,000. Isotopic and immunofluorescent studies indicate that DNA is internalized and degraded to oligonucleotides; this process is inhibited by cycloheximide. These results support the notion that there is a common binding site for DNA on white blood cells, that the stoichiometry of the association is compatible with a ligand receptor relationship, and that this apparent receptor is responsible for the endocytosis and degradation of exogenous DNA.
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Sasaki Y, Tomoda Y, Tomi H, Kamikubo T, Shinozaki K. Synthesis of ribulose biphosphate carboxylase in greening pea leaves. Coordination of mRNA level of two subunits. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 152:179-86. [PMID: 4043078 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb09179.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ribulose biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, with its large subunit encoded in the chloroplast and the small subunit in the nucleus, is induced by light. Accumulation of the enzyme, its two mRNA levels, and the synthesis rate of enzyme protein in pea leaves were followed during induction to understand the role of mRNA levels during greening subunit synthesis. The relative mRNA levels for the large and the small subunits increased coordinately up to 3-4 days, which almost corresponded to an inflection point of the accumulation profile of RuBisCO, and then the two mRNA levels gradually decreased. To obtain information of subunit synthesis, the extent of labelling of the two subunits were determined for both assembled and unassembled subunits using specific IgG. Unassembled subunits were found for both polypeptides, with a slight excess of the small one. The observed synthesis rates of the small and the large subunits were roughly coordinated without overproduction and almost stoichiometric amounts of the two polypeptides were found. The profiles of observed synthesis rate of the two subunits and the holoenzyme were similar to those of their mRNA levels. These results suggest that the synthesis of ribulose biphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase protein and its accumulation are dependent on the coordinated change of the two mRNA levels in greening pea leaves.
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DNA homology and adsorption specificity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulent bacteriophages. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1985; 200:123-7. [PMID: 2993807 DOI: 10.1007/bf00383324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The DNA homology and adsorption specificity of newly isolated virulent bacteriophages of P. aeruginosa have been studied. On the basis of this analysis all phages were divided into four groups: phi k, phi m, phi mnP78-like and phi mnF82-like bacteriophages. DNA's of phi k as well as phi m phages were shown to possess different restriction patterns although they have an extensive homology. Unlike other groups, phi k phages were characterized by the presence of T4 DNA ligase--repaired, single-chain breaks.
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Norgard MV. Molecular assessment of S1 endonuclease-resistant snapback hairpin loops generated by DNA polymerase I during the in-vitro nick translation reaction. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 1985; 11:1-15. [PMID: 2990335 DOI: 10.1007/bf02824307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The in-vitro nick translation reaction used to label DNA to high specific activity also produces aberrant DNA structures known as "snapback" hairpin loops. Hairpin structures are precluded from participating in precise DNA-DNA hybridization interactions. Three nick translation systems were all found to yield significant quantities of snapback hairpins, as determined by their resistance to S1 endonuclease digestion following denaturation. The relative quantities of hairpins produced correlated with both the mass average size of the final DNA probe product synthesized as well as the overall rate of the nick translation reaction. Decreases in the amount of exogenous DNase I used in nick translation reactions produced significant decreases in the amount of hairpin loop structures formed. Hairpins could be effectively removed from nick-translated DNAs by employing hydroxylapatite column chromatography. Strategies to reduce hairpin formation during nick translation and the removal of hairpins from nick-translated DNAs are presented.
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Rodgers JR, Johnson ML, Rosen JM. Measurement of mRNA concentration and mRNA half-life as a function of hormonal treatment. Methods Enzymol 1985; 109:572-92. [PMID: 3838791 DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(85)09116-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Andrews GK, Adamson ED, Gedamu L. The ontogeny of expression of murine metallothionein: comparison with the alpha-fetoprotein gene. Dev Biol 1984; 103:294-303. [PMID: 6202573 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(84)90317-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The ontogeny of expression of mouse metallothionein was studied by RNA dot and Northern blot hybridization using a cloned cDNA probe. In some instances the synthesis of metallothionein was analyzed by cell-free translation of RNA as well as pulse-labeling of proteins in short-term organ cultures followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Interesting parallels between metallothionein and alpha-fetoprotein gene expression during development were noted. Like alpha-fetoprotein mRNA ( Dziadek and Andrews, 1983), metallothionein mRNA was found to be abundant in developing liver as well as in visceral yolk sac endoderm. In addition, metallothionein mRNA was abundant in parietal yolk sac. During liver development metallothionein and alpha-fetoprotein mRNAs were abundant by Day 12 of gestation, increasing to maximal levels on Day 16 and decreasing during late fetal and neonatal life to basal levels in adult. Metallothionein mRNA increased in maternal liver and was also abundant in certain hepatomas. Synthesis of metallothionein and levels of metallothionein mRNA in visceral yolk sac increased from Day 9 of gestation to maximal levels on Days 11-12 and then decreased abruptly after Day 15. RNA from differentiated teratocarcinoma cells with primitive, parietal or visceral endoderm characteristics each contained high levels of metallothionein mRNA, whereas, levels of this mRNA varied widely among embryonal carcinoma stem cell lines. alpha-Fetoprotein mRNA was not detected in embryonal carcinoma cells but was expressed in visceral endoderm-like differentiated cells. These results indicate that parietal and visceral endoderm cells actively express the metallothionein gene and further suggest that expression may be initiated at the earlier stage of primitive endoderm.
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Desrosiers RC, Burghoff RL, Bakker A, Kamine J. Construction of replication-competent Herpesvirus saimiri deletion mutants. J Virol 1984; 49:343-8. [PMID: 6319734 PMCID: PMC255471 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.49.2.343-348.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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DNA fragments derived from the left end of Herpesvirus saimiri 11 L-DNA were cloned in Escherichia coli by using vector pBR322. Deletions were introduced within a cloned 7.4-kilobase-pair sequence by using restriction endonucleases that cut once or twice within this sequence. Permissive owl monkey kidney-cultured cells were transfected with parental strain 11 viral DNA plus cloned DNA with specific sequences deleted. By screening the progeny of these transfections with a limiting-dilution spot hybridization assay, we isolated recombinant viruses containing deletions in this region. A contiguous 4.5-kilobase-pair sequence representing 4.1% of the coding capacity of the virus was found to be unnecessary for virus replication in cultured cells. These deletion mutants will allow us to test whether sequences in this region are required for the lymphoma-inducing capacity of H. saimiri. These same procedures should also allow us to introduce foreign DNA sequences into this region for studying their expression.
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Compton JG, Schrader WT, O'Malley BW. Progesterone receptor binding to DNA: studies by sedimentation velocity methods. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY 1984; 20:89-94. [PMID: 6708535 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(84)90193-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Chicken oviduct progesterone receptor subunit A (Mr = 79000) was partially purified as a hormone-receptor complex labeled with [3H]progesterone. These complexes adsorb to DNA-cellulose; sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation showed a sedimentation coefficient of 3.6 S. Receptors were mixed with [32P]DNA fragments of various types derived from bacterial plasmid pBR322. DNA structures tested included linear double-stranded and single-stranded molecules as well as supercoiled intact plasmids. [3H]Receptors were mixed in various molar ratios with [32P]DNA (nominal sed. coeff. = 18 S) and the mixtures were analyzed by sedimentation velocity ultracentrifugation performed in 5-20% sucrose gradients. In the presence of excess DNA, all of the [3H]receptor sedimented with the DNA fraction. Titrations revealed an apparent Kdiss between 1 and 5 nM. Distribution of receptor counts over the slower-sedimenting edge of the DNA peaks allowed estimation of the half-life of these complexes, which was in excess of 35 min at 0 degree C. Double-label counting of [3H]receptor-[32P]DNA complexes revealed an increase in the sedimentation coefficient of linear double-stranded DNA as increasing receptor input was used. Analysis of this S-value shift showed evidence for cooperative receptor binding isotherms, causing dramatic compaction (or other topological constraints) on the DNA. A speculative schematic model of receptor A-DNA interaction is presented, consistent with the experimental results.
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Wigdahl B, Scheck AC, Ziegler RJ, De Clercq E, Rapp F. Analysis of the herpes simplex virus genome during in vitro latency in human diploid fibroblasts and rat sensory neurons. J Virol 1984; 49:205-13. [PMID: 6317890 PMCID: PMC255443 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.49.1.205-213.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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We have previously designed in vitro model systems to characterize the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) genome during in vitro virus latency. Latency was established by treatment of infected human embryo lung fibroblast (HEL-F) cells or rat fetal neurons with (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine and human leukocyte interferon and was maintained by increasing the incubation temperature after inhibitor removal. Virus was reactivated by reducing the incubation temperature. We have now examined the HSV-1-specific DNA content of latently infected HEL-F cells and rat fetal neurons treated with (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine and human leukocyte interferon and increased temperature. The HEL-F cell population contained, on an average, between 0.25 and 0.5 copies of most, if not all, HSV-1 HindIII and XbaI DNA fragments per haploid cell genome equivalent. In contrast, the latently infected neurons contained, on an average, 8 to 10 copies per haploid cell genome equivalent of most HSV-1 BamHI DNA fragments. There was no detectable alteration in size or molarity of the HSV-1 terminal or junction DNA fragments obtained by HindIII, XbaI, or BamHI digestion of the latently infected neuron or HEL-F cell DNA, as compared with digestion of a reconstruction mixture of purified HSV-1 virion and HEL-F cell DNAs. These data suggest that the predominant form of the HSV-1 genome in either latently infected cell population is nonintegrated, linear, and nonconcatameric.
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Specht CA, Novotny CP, Ullrich RC. Isolation and characterization of mitochondrial DNA from the basidiomyceteSchizophyllum commune. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/0147-5975(83)90018-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Berse B, Dmochowska A, Skrzypek M, Wegleński P, Bates MA, Weiss RL. Cloning and characterization of the ornithine carbamoyltransferase gene from Aspergillus nidulans. Gene X 1983; 25:109-17. [PMID: 6363209 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(83)90173-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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An Aspergillus nidulans DNA fragment composed of two adjacent SalI subfragments (1.8 and 0.85 kb) that carries an argB gene complementing the yeast arg3 mutation has been isolated from two different gene libraries. Hybridization results and immunological tests indicate that the cloned fragment contains the A. nidulans structural gene coding for ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OTCase). Using the cloned gene as a probe, the specific mRNA was identified. The level of this RNA observed in A. nidulans strains grown under various conditions correlated with the level of the OTCase activity, suggesting transcriptional control of OTCase synthesis. Expression of the cloned gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae does not depend on its orientation in the vector. In Escherichia coli, the cloned gene does not function; however arg- transformants revert to prototrophy with high frequency possibly due to DNA rearrangements within the recombinant plasmid.
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Tissue- and cell-specific casein gene expression. II. Relationship to site-specific DNA methylation. J Biol Chem 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)44528-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Anderson SM, Scolnick EM. Construction and isolation of a transforming murine retrovirus containing the src gene of Rous sarcoma virus. J Virol 1983; 46:594-605. [PMID: 6302322 PMCID: PMC255162 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.46.2.594-605.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Recombinant murine retroviruses containing the src gene of the avian retrovirus Rous sarcoma virus were isolated. Such viruses were isolated from cells after transfection with DNAs in which the src gene was inserted into the genome of the amphotropic murine retrovirus 4070A. The isolated viruses had functional gag and pol genes, but they were all env defective since the src gene was inserted in the middle of the env gene coding region. Infectious transforming virus could be isolated only from cells transfected with DNA constructions in which the src gene was in the same polarity as that of a long terminal repeat of the amphotropic viral genome. These recombinant viruses encoded a pp60src protein with a molecular weight similar to that of the Schmidt-Ruppin strain of Rous sarcoma virus. In addition, the src protein(s) of these recombinant viruses was as active as protein kinases in the immune complex protein kinase assay. Intravenous injection of helper-independent Moloney and Friend murine leukemia virus pseudotypes of the src recombinant viruses into 6-week-old NIH Swiss mice resulted in the appearance of splenic foci within 2 weeks, splenomegaly and, later after infection (8 to 10 weeks), anemia. Infectious transforming virus could be recovered from the spleens of diseased animals. Such viruses encoded pp60src but not p21ras or mink cell focus-forming virus-related glycoproteins.
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Suzuki N, Ueno T, Kaneko A, Fujii S, Fujinaga K. Analysis of retinoblastoma for human adenovirus type 12 genome. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1983; 220:167-70. [PMID: 6884778 DOI: 10.1007/bf02186662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Adenovirus type 12 has high oncogenic potential in newborn rodents. Moreover, adenovirus 12 induces retinoblastoma-like tumours in baboons and transforms in vitro human embryo retinoblasts. Since adenovirus-transformed cells contain adenovirus transforming gene sequences, the detection of adenovirus 12 transforming gene in tumour cell DNA can provide evidence for or against a possible aetiological role of adenovirus 12 in retinoblastoma. In this experiment, cell DNAs from six retinoblastomas were assayed for adenovirus 12 transforming gene sequences by spot hybridization and Southern blot hybridization, using the labelled EcoRI-C fragment of adenovirus 12 DNA as a probe (the far left 16.5% of the viral genome). No adenovirus 12 transforming gene sequences were detected at the level of 0.1 or 0.5 copy of the probe per diploid cell DNA in all of six retinoblastomas.
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Augustyniak H, Borsuk P, Hirschler I, Stepień PP, Bartnik E. Mitochondrial DNA from lupine: restriction analysis and cloning of fragments coding for tRNA. Gene X 1983; 22:69-74. [PMID: 6305772 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(83)90065-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was isolated from lupine. Restriction analysis was used to estimate its size, which is about 180 kb. A BamHI bank of this mtDNA was constructed using plasmids pBR322 and pBR327 as vectors. Eight clones containing plasmids hybridizing to mitochondrial tRNA (mttRNA) were isolated. Restriction maps of these plasmids were determined. Six of these plasmids hybridized to unique fragments and two to two fragments of very similar size, all obtained by BamHI cleavage of mtDNA.
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mtDNA sequences of Candida utilis capable of supporting autonomous replication of plasmids in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1983. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00325913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Shin S, Tanaka A, Nonoyama M. Transcription of the Epstein-Barr virus genome in productively infected cells. Virology 1983; 124:13-20. [PMID: 6130648 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(83)90286-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Transcription of the genome of Epstein-Barr virus in productively infected B95-8 cells was studied. Dot blot hybridization of cDNA prepared from cytoplasmic viral poly(A)RNA with 28 different cloned BamHI fragments of EBV DNA indicated that the patterns of viral genome transcription were similar in control and TPA-treated cells. However, three fragments, BamHI I, R, and Z, appeared to be newly induced in TPA-treated cells, as no significant level of transcription of these fragments was observed in control cells. In contrast, there was no detectable transcription from fragments BamHI P, a, and b even in cells treated with TPA. The size of virus-specific RNA was determined by agarose gel electrophoresis followed by Southern blot hybridization using radioactive BamHI cloned EBV DNA fragments as probes. Sixty-eight cytoplasmic poly(A)RNA species, ranging in size from 0.1 to 2.8 megadaltons, were detected by this procedure.
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Shin S, Donovan J, Nonoyama M. Phosphonoacetic acid-resistant RNA of Epstein-Barr virus in productively infected cells. Virology 1983; 124:196-200. [PMID: 6130649 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(83)90306-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The transcription of Epstein-Barr virus genome in productively infected B95-8 cells in the presence or absence of phosphonoacetic acid (PAA) was studied. Twenty-eight species of cytoplasmic poly(A)-containing virus mRNA were identified as PAA resistant. Some of these viral mRNAs were not detected in the absence of PAA. The most actively transcribed fragments of cloned EBV DNA in the presence of PAA were BamHI H (map unit 29.1-32.5) and M (47.3-50.3). The treatment of TPA-induced B95-8 cells with cycloheximide abolished most cytoplasmic viral poly(A) RNAs, and only three species of viral mRNA (0.7, 1.0, and 1.6 megadaltons) were detectable by hybridization with the BamHI M fragment.
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A partial restriction map of Marek's disease virus (MDV) DNA was constructed by digestion with endonucleases BamHI, Bg/I and SmaI and by blotting hybridization. The data suggest that there is a terminal heterogeneous sequence at least on one end of the MDV DNA molecule. The data did not reveal four different orientations of the terminal fragments of MDV DNA molecules despite the observation that MDV DNA contains inverted repeat sequences as also present in Herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA molecules (Cebrian et al., 1981). Terminal deletion of MDV DNA, SalI-H and I, was found in high passage number preparations.
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Shinagawa M, Makino S, Hirato T, Ishiguro N, Sato G. Comparison of DNA sequences required for the function of citrate utilization among different citrate utilization plasmids. J Bacteriol 1982; 151:1046-50. [PMID: 7047489 PMCID: PMC220361 DOI: 10.1128/jb.151.2.1046-1050.1982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The relatedness of DNA sequences encoding citrate utilization was examined by hybridization with a cloned DNA fragment from a citrate utilization (Cit) plasmid, pOH30221, and DNA of other Cit plasmids. This revealed that there are at least two groups of Cit plasmids: the Inc W Cit plasmids, which show homology with the probe, and the Inc H1 plasmids, which do not.
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Andrews GK, Dziadek M, Tamaoki T. Expression and methylation of the mouse alpha-fetoprotein gene in embryonic, adult, and neoplastic tissues. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)34648-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Borsuk PA, Nagieć MM, Stepień PP, Bartnik E. Organization of the ribosomal RNA gene cluster in Aspergillus nidulans. Gene X 1982; 17:147-52. [PMID: 6282710 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(82)90067-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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DNA coding for ribosomal RNA in Aspergillus nidulans was found to consist of a unit 7.8 kb in size which is tandemly repeated in the genome and codes for 5.8S, 18S and 26S rRNA. The repeat unit has been cloned, and its restriction map and the location of the individual rRNA coding sequences within the unit have been established.
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Definition of 5‘ and 3‘ structural boundaries of the chromatin domain containing the ovalbumin multigene family. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)68221-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A cDNA clone library was prepared from liver poly(A) RNA pf non-estrogenized Xenopus laevis. Albumin coding sequences were screened by hybridization to a cDNA prepared from poly(A) RNA enriched by sucrose density gradient centrifugation, and by a sensitive solid-phase radioimmunoassay to detect clones that contain templates for albumin antigenic determinants. Nine clones were obtained by this approach, and all but one have the cDNA inserted in phase with the beta-lactamase gene of pBR322. Mapping of these clones with restriction endonucleases yielded 2 distinct patterns, suggestive of heterogeneity in the coding sequences. This was confirmed by heteroduplex analyses of hybrids formed between clones representative of each of the 2 classes. Both classes of albumin cDNA clones were used to select mRNAs of the same size (2.3kb) that code for peptides that are indistinguishable by SDS gel electrophoresis. Examination of the organization of the albumin genes by blot hybridization of the cDNA clones to restriction fragments of Xenopus DNA failed to detect any differences at the genomic level. The considerable diversity of the albumin cDNAs is suggestive of a multiplicity of albumin genes, rather than differential processing of a common precursor RNA.
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Cloning and analysis of recombinant plasmids containing genes for Aspergillus nidulans 5 S rRNA. Curr Genet 1981; 4:173-6. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00420494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/1981] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Moss L, Moore J, Chan L. A simple, efficient method for coupling DNA to cellulose. Development of the method and application to mRNA purification. J Biol Chem 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)42943-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Riou G, Barrois M. The kinetoplast of DNA of Trypanosoma gambiense: comparison with the kDNA of Trypanosoma equiperdum. Biochimie 1981; 63:755-65. [PMID: 6272877 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(81)80035-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The molecular components of the kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) network of Trypanosoma gambiense have been studied and compared with those of the very closely related species T. equiperdum, previously studied in detail. The kDNA of T. gambiense contains about 80 maxicircles of 20 kilobase pairs and 4000 minicircles of 1 kilobase pairs. The restriction cleavage sites of 7 restriction endonucleases have been mapped on the T. gambiense maxicircle. The majority of these sites were also found in T. equiperdum maxicircles; however their relative positions which are different do not allow us to conclude to relatedness of maps. Maxicircles of the Cairn or of the rolling circle type have been observed and thought to be replicative intermediates. Experiments on renaturation kinetics and hybridization after blotting transfer, show that T. gambiense and T. equiperdum maxicircles have base sequences in common. The T. gambiense minicircles are heterogeneous in base sequence, in contrast to the T. equiperdum minicircles which are homogeneous. The minicircles of the two species have also common base sequences.
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Green M, Wold WS, Büttner W. Integration and transcription of group C human adenovirus sequences in the DNA of five lines of transformed rat cells. J Mol Biol 1981; 151:337-66. [PMID: 6279858 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(81)90001-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Bartnik E, Borsuk P, Pieniazek NJ. Sensitive detection of tritium in Southern blot and plaque hybridizations. Anal Biochem 1981; 116:237-40. [PMID: 7032353 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(81)90350-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Wei CM, Gibson M, Spear PG, Scolnick EM. Construction and isolation of a transmissible retrovirus containing the src gene of Harvey murine sarcoma virus and the thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus type 1. J Virol 1981; 39:935-44. [PMID: 6270359 PMCID: PMC171327 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.39.3.935-944.1981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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We constructed lambda recombinants containing the Harvey murine sarcoma virus genome and the thymidine kinase (tk) gene of herpes simplex virus type 1 linked to each other. The tk gene was located in a position downstream from both the long terminal repeat and the src gene of Harvey murine sarcoma virus. The DNAs of the lambda recombinants were used to transfect NIH3T3 mouse fibroblasts in order to obtain Harvey murine sarcoma virus DNA-induced foci of transformed cells. The transformed foci were superinfected with a helper-independent retrovirus, and new individual retrovirus were isolated from the superinfected foci. The new viruses could induce focus formation on NIH3T3 cells and could convert NIH3T3(TK-) cells into TK+ cells by carrying the herpes simplex virus type 1 tk gene into the TK- cells. From virus-infected cells, we isolated nonproducer foci on NIH3T3 cells and TK+ transformants on NIH3T3(TK-) cells containing one such new viral genome coding for the dual properties. The new retroviral sequence in the nonproducer cells could be rescued into virus particles at high titers by superinfection with a helper-independent retrovirus. A hybridization analysis indicated that the recombinant virus contained both the Harvey murine sarcoma virus src sequence and the tk gene sequence in a single RNA species approximately 4.9 kilobases long. We concluded that retroviruses can be used as true vectors for genes other than genes that lead to oncogenesis.
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Herpesvirus saimiri DNA in continuous lymphoblastoid cell lines obtained from viral induced tumors in marmosets has been analyzed by gel electrophoresis of restricted DNA. Southern transfer to nitrocellulose filters, and hybridization to 32P-labeled viral DNA or DNA fragments. The viral DNA fragments EcoRI-G, -H, -D, and -I, KpnI-A, and BamHI-D and -E were not detected in Southern transfers of DNA from the nonproducing 1670 cell line. For each restriction endonuclease, a new fragment appeared, consistent with a 13.0-megadalton deletion of viral DNA sequences. This deletion encompassed 35 to 48 +/- 0.6 megadaltons from the left end of the unique DNA region. A sequence arrangement map is presented for the major population of H. saimiri DNA sequences in the 1670 cell line. Although H. saimiri DNA in the nonproducing 70N2 cell line can be distinguished from viral DNA in the 1670 cell line by several criteria, the same sequences were found to be deleted in the major population of viral DNA molecules. Unlike 1670 and 70N2 cells, restricted DNA from the virus-producing cell lines 77/5 and 1926 contained all of the DNA fragments present in the parental virion DNA. DNA from 1670, 70N2, and 77/5 cells contained additional viral DNA fragments that did not comigrate with any virion DNA fragments. Most of these unexplained fragments were confined to or highly enriched in partially purified circular or linear DNA fractions. DNA from tumor cells taken directly from a tumor-bearing animal contained viral DNA indistinguishable from the parental virion DNA by the assay conditions used. These results indicate that viral DNA sequence rearrangements can occur upon cultivation of tumor cells in vitro and that excision of DNA sequences from the viral genome may play a role in establishing the nonproducing state of some tumor cell lines.
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Bartnik E, Biderman AW, Hahn U, Küntzel H, Stepień PP. The cloning of Aspergillus nidulans mitochondrial DNA in Escherichia coli on plasmid pBR322. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1981; 182:332-5. [PMID: 6270505 DOI: 10.1007/bf00269679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Grimm MF, Cole MD, Lambowitz AM. Ribonucleic acid splicing in Neurospora Mitochondria: secondary structure of the 35S ribosomal precursor ribonucleic acid investigated by digestion with ribonuclease III and by electron microscopy. Biochemistry 1981; 20:2836-42. [PMID: 6264946 DOI: 10.1021/bi00513a020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In Neurospora, the gene encoding the mitochondrial large (25S) ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) contains an intervening sequence of approximately 2.3 kilobases (kb). We have identified two temperature-sensitive mutants (289-67 and 299-9) which are defective in a factor encoded by a nuclear gene but required for the splicing of 25S RNA. When grown at the nonpermissive temperature (37 degrees C), the mutants accumulate a novel 35S RNA (5.2-5.6 kb) which is related to the natural precursor of 25S RNA and which has been shown to be a collinear transcript of the 25S RNA gene including the intervening sequence. In the present work, the secondary structure of 35S RNA was investigated by digestion with ribonuclease III and by electron microscopy of the RNA spread under partially denaturing conditions. Ribonuclease III cleaves 35S RNA predominantly at a central site or sites near the 5'-intron-exon boundary and produces fragments which correspond roughly to half-molecules (2.5-3 kb). Electron microscopy of 35S RNA shows a relatively large, central hairpin (180 +/- 45 nucleotides), which presumably corresponds to the central ribonuclease III site, and few other secondary structure features. Both experimental approaches indicate that the large hairpin is not present in 35S RNA. From this finding and from the location of the hairpin near the 5'-intron-exon boundary in 35S RNA, we infer that its formation requires intron sequences. 35S RNA from the mutants can be isolated as a ribonucleoprotein particle associated with almost the full complement of large subunit ribosomal proteins. The 35S RNA in such particles can be cleaved by ribonuclease III at the central site(s), consistent with the idea that the central hairpin is accessible to RNA-processing enzymes in vivo.
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Hughes MR, Compton JG, Schrader WT, O'Malley BW. Interaction of the chick oviduct progesterone receptor with deoxyribonucleic acid. Biochemistry 1981; 20:2481-91. [PMID: 7236615 DOI: 10.1021/bi00512a019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The purified DNA binding component (receptor A) of the chick oviduct progesterone receptor has been analyzed for its ability to bind to the cloned ovalbumin gene and to plasmid DNA of various structural compositions. The rapid equilibrium filter adsorption assay of Riggs et al. [Riggs, A. D., Suzuki, H., & Bourgeois, S. (1970) J. Mol. Biol. 48, 67] has been used to demonstrate high affinity binding of the protein to DNA (Kdiss = 10(-10) M at 50 mM KCl, pH 7.2). Studies of association rates are consistent with equilibrium measurements (t 1/2 = 40-80 min). Association of purified receptor with DNA and the kinetics of the interaction have been verified independently by velocity sedimentation techniques. Direct binding assays were performed with the ovalbumin structural gene (cDNA), the entire natural ovalbumin gene containing seven intervening sequences, and various ovalbumin gene fragments coding for the 5' end of the nuclear precursor RNA, intron-exon junctions, and the 3'-noncoding region of the gene. No DNA-sequence specificity was identified for the binding of the receptor protein to any region of ovalbumin gene DNA. In contrast, the structural integrity of the DNA template greatly affected receptor binding. The poorest affinity was to supercoiled DNA and to blunt end, linear duplex gene fragments. The receptor bound saturably to DNA containing limited nicks but became nonsaturable as nicks were increased. Binding of the protein to double-stranded DNA increased susceptibility of the DNA to digestion by the enzyme S1, a single strand specific nuclease. On the basis of preferential receptor binding to single-stranded DNA, a possible mechanism involving DNA helix destabilization is discussed.
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Green M, Orth G, Wold WS, Sanders PR, Mackey JK, Favre M, Croissant O. Analysis of human cancers, normal tissues, and verruce plantares for DNA sequences of human papillomavirus types 1 and 2. Virology 1981; 110:176-84. [PMID: 6259829 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(81)90019-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Melcher U, Gardner CO, Essenberg RC. Clones of cauliflower mosaic virus identified by molecular hybridization in turnip leaves. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1981; 1:63-73. [PMID: 24317821 DOI: 10.1007/bf00023014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/1981] [Revised: 06/26/1981] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Mechanical inoculation of turnip leaves with cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) results after one to two weeks in the appearance on these leaves of local lesions. Local lesions were detected by hybridization of radioactive CaMV DNA with nucleic acid immobilized in leaf skeletons by solvent extraction, proteinase digestion, and alkali treatment. The pattern of lesions detected as dark circles on autoradiographs of the washed leaf skeletons was the same as that detected by staining of solvent-extracted leaves for starch. Starch lesions appeared as white areas against a dark purple back-ground. These lesions were first detected between 5 and 8 days after inoculation and grew in size until 10 days after inoculation. Lesions were also detected by staining solvent-extracted and proteinase digested leaves with ethidium bromide. The lesions appeared as dark areas in a bright fluorescent background, and were found in the same positions as the starch lesions.
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- U Melcher
- Department of Biochemistry, Oklahoma State University, 74078, Stillwater, OK, USA
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Transcripts and processing patterns for the ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA region of Neurospora crassa mitochondrial DNA. J Biol Chem 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)69911-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Heller M, Gerber P, Kieff E. Herpesvirus papio DNA is similar in organization to Epstein-Barr virus DNA. J Virol 1981; 37:698-709. [PMID: 6261014 PMCID: PMC171057 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.37.2.698-709.1981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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EcoRI, HindII, SalI, nd XbaI restriction endonuclease maps of herpesvirus papio (HVPapio) DNA were derived by determining the fragment sizes and the linkage relationships between fragments generated by the different enzymes. The data indicate that HVPapio DNA has a single molecular arrangement which is similar to that of Epstein-Barr virus DNA. The size of the DNA was 110 X 10(6) to 114 X 10(6) daltons. Restriction fragments from both ends varied in the number of repeats of a 4 X 10(5)-dalton sequence, TR, and hybridized to each other. This suggests that there is an identical repeating unit, TR, at both ends of the DNA. There were usually six tandem repetitions (range, 1 to 11) of a 2 X 10(6)-dalton sequence, IR, within the DNA. IR separated the DNA into two domains of largely unique sequence complexity, a 9 X 10(6)-dalton segment, Us, and an 88 X 10(6)-dalton segment, UL. There was homology between DNA fragments which mapped at 25 X 10(6) to 29 X 10(6) to 91 X 10(6) to 95 X 10(6) daltons in UL.
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