Vollenweider H J, Koller T, Parello J, Sogo J M
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1976 Nov;73(11):4125-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.11.4125.
The superstructure of a covalently closed circular DNA (of bacteriophage PM 2) was compared by electron microscopy with that of a linear duplex DNA (of bacteriophage T7) when ionic strength and benzyldimethylalkylammonium chloride concentration were varied. In parallel studies the sedimentation behavior of these DNAs was studied by analytical ultracentrifugation, but for technical reasons these had to be without benzyldimethylalkylammonium chloride. By combining the information from the two methods one has to conclude that with increasing ionic strength the linear duplex T7 DNA spontaneously forms a structure similar to that of the superhelical structure of closed circular PM 2 DNA. The superstructure is destroyed under premelting conditions and in the presence of an excess of ethidium bromide.
当离子强度和苄基二甲基烷基氯化铵浓度变化时,通过电子显微镜比较了(噬菌体PM 2的)共价闭合环状DNA与(噬菌体T7的)线性双链DNA的超结构。在平行研究中,通过分析超速离心研究了这些DNA的沉降行为,但由于技术原因,这些研究必须在没有苄基二甲基烷基氯化铵的情况下进行。通过结合两种方法获得的信息可以得出结论,随着离子强度的增加,线性双链T7 DNA会自发形成一种与闭合环状PM 2 DNA的超螺旋结构相似的结构。这种超结构在预熔解条件下以及在过量溴化乙锭存在时会被破坏。