Publication Date:
1994-04-15
Description:
The tandemly repeated DNA sequence poly(CA).poly(TG) is found in tracts up to 60 base pairs long, dispersed at thousands of sites throughout the genomes of eukaryotes. Double-stranded DNA fragments containing such sequences associated spontaneously with each other in vitro, in the absence of protein, forming stable four-stranded structures that were detected by gel electrophoresis and electron microscopy. These structures were recognized specifically by the nuclear nonhistone high mobility group (HMG) proteins 1 and 2 as evidenced by gel retardation. Such sequence-specific complexes might be involved in vivo in recombination or other processes requiring specific association of two double-stranded DNA molecules.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Gaillard, C -- Strauss, F -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1994 Apr 15;264(5157):433-6.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8153633" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Base Sequence
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DNA/*chemistry/metabolism
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Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
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High Mobility Group Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism
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Microscopy, Electron
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Nucleic Acid Conformation
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Polydeoxyribonucleotides/*chemistry/metabolism
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*Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
