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Two replication initiation sites on R-plasmid DNA.

Molecular & general genetics : MGG ·Vol. 140 ·No. 1 ·1975-09-15 ·Pages 39-50

Crosa JH, Luttropp LK, Heffron F, Falkow S

Abstract

Replicating DNA molecules of a deletion mutant of the conjugative R-plasmid R 6 K are cleaved at a single site by the EcoRI restriction endonuclease. Electron microscope examination and measurements of the EcoRI treated replicative intermediate molecules indicate that replication can be initiated at two sites on the plasmid DNA molecule. The two sites are located at about 23 and 39% of total length, respectively, from the EcoRI cleavage site. About 5% of the replicating molecules use both replication initiation sites simultaneously.

MeSH Terms
Conjugation, Genetic DNA Replication DNA, Bacterial/analysis Drug Resistance, Microbial Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Escherichia coli/physiology Molecular Weight Mutation Nucleic Acid Hybridization R Factors
Chemicals
DNA, Bacterial
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Crosa J H
Luttropp L K
Heffron F
Falkow S
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Article Info
Journal
Molecular & general genetics : MGG
Abbr.
Mol Gen Genet
ISSN
0026-8925
Published
1975-09-15
Pages
39-50
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0125036
Subset
IM
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