THE ARRANGEMENTS OF NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES IN T2 AND T5 BACTERIOPHAGE DNA MOLECULES.

Abstract:

:The genetic map of T4 (and T2) bacteriophage is circular but the DNA molecule that is liberated by phenol extraction is a linear duplex of polynucleotide chains. If the genetic map is related to the physical structure of the DNA molecule, the problem arises as to how a linear molecule can give rise to a circular map. An explanation can be made on the basis that the bacteriophage liberate molecules which have nucleotide sequences which are circular permutations of each other. Thus, markers which are most distant on one molecules are closest together on another. To test this hypothesis, the middles of T2 and T5 DNA molecules were mechanically deleted and the absence of certain nucleotide sequences was tested by "renaturation" or "reannealing" experiments using columns containing denatured DNA immobilized in agar beads. The results indicate that when the middles are deleted from the T5 DNA molecule, some special sequences are removed; whereas, when the middles are deleted from the T2 DNA molecule, no special group of sequences is removed. This would indicate that T2 molecules begin at different points in their nucleotide sequence, while T5 molecules all begin at the same point. It is likely that this permutation of sequences of T2(T4) molecules is related to the circularity of their genetic map.

journal_name

Biophys J

journal_title

Biophysical journal

authors

THOMAS CA Jr,RUBENSTEIN I

doi

10.1016/s0006-3495(64)86771-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1964-03-01 00:00:00

pages

93-106

eissn

0006-3495

issn

1542-0086

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S0006-3495(64)86771-0

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4

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