SEPARATION OF BRANCHED FROM LINEAR DNA BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS
SEPARATION OF BRANCHED FROM LINEAR DNA BY TWO-DIMENSIONAL GEL-ELECTROPHORESIS
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-2697(83)90628-0
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
BYERS, B
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作者:
BELL, L;BYERS, B
A general method for separating branched DNA molecules, such as replication forks and recombination intermediates, from linear forms was developed. Using as a model of stable X-shaped molecule constructed in vitro [from Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA], this branched form migrated more slowly during agarose gel electrophoresis than did a linear form of the same mass. Higher agarose concentrations and higher electrophoretic voltages enhanced the extent of retardation. These properties provided the basis for an electrophoretic method of separating branched from linear molecules by variation of agarose concentration and voltage over 2 dimensions. In the first dimension, concentration and voltage were low; in the second, both parameters were increased, thereby forcing X-shaped molecules to migrate to positions distinct from a diagonal arc of linear molecules. In addition, 2-dimensional electrophoresis was capable of separating X-shaped forms of different mass from each other, as well as from linear molecules.