Electrophoretic analysis of covalently closed SV40 DNA: Boltzmann distributions of DNA species.
AUTOR(ES)
DeLeys, R J
RESUMO
Covalently closed relaxed SV40 DNA [SV40(I')] generated by polynucleotide ligase closure of nicked circular SV40 DNA was analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The DNA can be resolved into a series of bands differing in superhelical density whose intensities are approximately symmetrical about a central most intense band. Densitometric analysis of the gel pattern has revealed that the distribution of DNA species conforms to a Boltzmann distribution and has enabled us to derive an equation for the free energy of superhelix formation for SV40 DNA. We believe the observed bands reflect the time-averaged distribution of thermally induced fluctuations in DNA chain conformation in solution at the time of ligase catalyzed phosphodiester bond formation. Densitometric analysis of native supercoiled SV40 DNA, partially unwound in the presence of ethidium bromide, demonstrates that the separation between adjacent bands is approximately half that seen with SV40(I'). Agarose gel electrophoresis was also used to measure the change in average base rotation angle as a function of temperature by a procedure independent of ethidium dye binding.
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