Comparison of nuclease digestion of polyoma virus nucleoprotein complex and mouse chromatin.
AUTOR(ES)
Ponder, B A
RESUMO
We digested polyoma virus nucleoprotein complex, isolated from disrupted virions, with micrococcal nuclease and DNase I. The results were compared with digestions of chromatin from mouse nuclei. The nucleosome "core" structures were similar, but the spacing of the nucleosomes in the isolated polymoma nucleoprotein complexes was irregular, whereas in mouse chromatin it was regular. The average nucleosome repeat length in each case was 190 to 200 base pairs. This figure suggests that, unless there are substantial stretches of free DNA, the polyoma nucleoprotein complex contains about 26 nucleosomes. The commonly used method of preparing the nucleoprotein complex by disruption of virions at pH 10.2 may lead to significant damage to the structure. Such damage may be more clearly revealed by the susceptibility of the DNA to nuclease digestion than by the usual criteria of sedimentation velocity and buoyant density.
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