Periodic organisation of foldback sequences in Physarum polycephalum nuclear DNA.
AUTOR(ES)
Hardman, N
RESUMO
Nuclear DNA from the slime mould Physarum polycephalum is shown to contain interspersed inverted repeat sequences, such that denatured fragments of DNA containing pairs of these sequences form intra-chain duplexes under appropriate conditions. The organisation and distribution of the nucleotide sequences responsible for the formation of foldback structures in Physarum DNA have been investigated using the electron microscope. The majority of foldback duplexes have sizes ranging up to 800 base pairs, and about 60-80% of DNA molecules 2.2 X 10(4) bases in length contain interspersed foldback elements. The size of individual foldback duplexes, and also the length of the intervening sequences which separate them, are non-random. The results can best be explained by a model in which separate foldback foci in Physarum DNA are spaced periodically at regular intervals. The regions containing foldback foci are thought to contain smaller, tandemly-arranged sequences of discrete sizes, in some cases related to other nucleotide sequences of a similar nature in the same locality in Physarum DNA.
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