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6319022

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-3-21
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
T4 endonuclease VII, which cleaves Holliday-like junctions in DNA, specifically cleaves short inverted repeats in supercoiled plasmids. These sequences are subject to site-specific cleavage by single-strand-specific nucleases, and cruciform formation has been suggested as an explanation for this observation. This proposal is greatly strengthened by the present data, since a formal analogy between cruciform structures and Holliday junctions exists. Resolution of a variety of unrelated cruciform sequences demonstrates that the cleavage process results in a linear molecule with hairpin ends and single ligatable nicks at positions corresponding to the stem-base of the cruciform. In two examples mapped in detail, the cleavages are exclusively introduced at two or three nucleotides from the end of the symmetric sequence at the 5' side on each strand. These studies demonstrate the potential of endonuclease VII as a probe of cruciform structure and the utility of short cruciform structures as Holliday junction models.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
413-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Cruciform-resolvase interactions in supercoiled DNA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't