Backert S (2000)
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2000
Book Volume: 43
Pages Range: 166-70
Journal Issue: 2
The structure of sigma-like mitochondrial DNA molecules prepared from suspension cultured cells of Chenopodium album (L.) was studied by electron microscopy. These molecules were highly variable in size, ranging from about 1 to 104 kb, and had single- and double-stranded regions typical for rolling circle replicating intermediates. Partial denaturation studies confirmed that these structures constitute rolling circles. Close inspection of the circle-tail junctions of the replication fork at high magnification suggests that in circles with a double-stranded tail, both strands of the tail seem to be covalently attached to the circle in about 27% of the molecules. This observation can be explained by a phenomenon called strand switching or strand splippage during rolling circle replication, similar to a mechanism proposed for bacterial replicons or in vitro replicating constructs harboring bacteriophage T4 replication origins.
APA:
Backert, S. (2000). Strand switching during rolling circle replication of plasmid-like DNA circles in the mitochondria of the higher plant Chenopodium album (L.). Plasmid, 43(2), 166-70. https://doi.org/10.1006/plas.1999.1437
MLA:
Backert, Steffen. "Strand switching during rolling circle replication of plasmid-like DNA circles in the mitochondria of the higher plant Chenopodium album (L.)." Plasmid 43.2 (2000): 166-70.
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