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Natural occurrence of cross-linked vaccinia virus deoxyribonucleic acid.

Journal of virology ·Vol. 5 ·No. 3 ·1970-03-00 ·Pages 299-304

Berns KI, Silverman C

Abstract

The molecular weight of native vaccinia deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is 1 to 1.17 times that of native T4 DNA. Sedimentation of denatured vaccinia DNA through alkaline sucrose gradients yields an apparent molecular weight greater than twice that of denatured T4 DNA, implying that the complementary strands of vaccinia DNA do not separate upon denaturation. When alkali-denatured vaccinia DNA is neutralized, it has the physical chemical properties of native DNA when tested by sedimentation through neutral sucrose gradients, banding in CsCl, and by hydroxylapatite chromatography. We conclude that almost all mature vaccinia DNA molecules contain a small number of naturally occurring cross-links.

MeSH Terms
Apatites Carbon Isotopes Centrifugation, Density Gradient Cesium Chlorides Chromatography Coliphages/analysis DNA, Viral/analysis Molecular Weight Sucrose Thymidine Tritium Vaccinia virus/analysis,growth & development
Chemicals
Apatites Carbon Isotopes Chlorides DNA, Viral Tritium Cesium Sucrose Thymidine
Authors & Affiliations
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Berns K I
Silverman C
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of virology
Abbr.
J Virol
ISSN
0022-538X
Published
1970-03-00
Pages
299-304
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0113724
PMCID
PMC376005
Subset
IM
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