Miller J R, Kline B C
J Bacteriol. 1979 Feb;137(2):885-90. doi: 10.1128/jb.137.2.885-890.1979.
The existence of nonintegrated plasmid-chromosome complexes has been deduced in previous work from the cosedimentation of covalently closed, circular plasmids with host folded chromosomes. In the present work, it is shown that about 70 to 90% of the covalently closed, circular F deoxyribonucleic acid could be released in vitro from chromosome complexes by ribonuclease treatment but not by protease, Sarkosyl, or ethidium bromide. Consistent with the in vitro studies, Escherichia coli cells treated for 5 min with rifampin, an inhibitor of ribonucleic acid initiation, released upon lysis 90% of their plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid as freely sedimenting molecules.
在之前的研究工作中,通过共价闭合环状质粒与宿主折叠染色体的共沉降现象,推测出了非整合型质粒 - 染色体复合物的存在。在本研究中发现,约70%至90%的共价闭合环状F脱氧核糖核酸可在体外通过核糖核酸酶处理从染色体复合物中释放出来,但蛋白酶、十二烷基肌氨酸钠或溴化乙锭处理则无法实现。与体外研究结果一致,用核糖核酸起始抑制剂利福平处理5分钟的大肠杆菌细胞,在裂解后可释放出90%的质粒脱氧核糖核酸,这些分子沉降自由。