Steck T R, Pruss G J, Manes S H, Burg L, Drlica K
J Bacteriol. 1984 May;158(2):397-403. doi: 10.1128/jb.158.2.397-403.1984.
Nucleoids isolated from Escherichia coli strains carrying temperature-sensitive gyrA or gyrB mutations were examined by sedimentation in ethidium bromide-containing sucrose density gradients. A shift to restrictive temperature resulted in nucleoid DNA relaxation in all of the mutant strains. Three of these mutants exhibited reversible nucleoid relaxation: when cultures incubated at restrictive temperature were cooled to 0 degree C over a 4- to 5-min period, supercoiling returned to levels observed with cells grown at permissive temperature. Incubation of these three mutants at restrictive temperature also caused nucleoid sedimentation rates to increase by about 50%.
从携带温度敏感型gyrA或gyrB突变的大肠杆菌菌株中分离出的类核,通过在含溴化乙锭的蔗糖密度梯度中进行沉降来检测。转移至限制温度导致所有突变菌株中的类核DNA松弛。其中三个突变体表现出可逆的类核松弛:当在限制温度下培养的培养物在4至5分钟内冷却至0摄氏度时,超螺旋恢复到在允许温度下生长的细胞所观察到的水平。将这三个突变体在限制温度下孵育也会导致类核沉降速率增加约50%。