Abstract:
:Competent cell-deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) interactions were examined using tritium-labeled homologous or heterologous native or denatured DNAs and competent Streptococcus sanguis Wicky cells (strain WE4). The DNAs used were extracted from WE4 cells, Escherichia coli B cells, and E. coli bacteriophages T2, T4, T6, and T7. The reactions examined were: (i) total DNA binding, (ii) deoxyribonuclease-resistant DNA binding, and (iii) the production of acid-soluble products from the DNA. Optimal temperatures for the reactions were as follows: reaction (i), between 30 and 40 degrees C; reaction (ii), 30 degrees C; and reaction (iii), greater than 40 degrees C. The rates for the reactions (expressed as molecules of DNA that reacted per minute per colony-forming unit) did not vary greatly from one DNA source to another. With a constant competent cell concentration and differing DNA concentrations below a saturation level (from a given source), a different but constant fraction of the added DNA was cell bound, deoxyribonuclease resistant, and degraded to acid-soluble products. In experiments where the number of competent cells was varied and the DNA concentration was held constant, again essentially the same result was obtained. The extent of reactions (i), (ii), and (iii) depended upon the numbers as well as the source of DNA molecules applied to competent cells. Calcium ion essential for native DNA-cell reactions was also found essential for denatured DNA-cell reactions. Data obtained from competition experiments lead to the conclusion that competent WE4 cells contain specific sites for native as well as denatured DNAs.
journal_name
J Bacterioljournal_title
Journal of bacteriologyauthors
Ranhand JMdoi
10.1128/JB.142.2.568-580.1980subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1980-05-01 00:00:00pages
568-80issue
2eissn
0021-9193issn
1098-5530journal_volume
142pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.160.1.480-482.1984
更新日期:1984-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
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更新日期:1973-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1986-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1967-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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