Proteins are attached to the ends of a linear plasmid in the filamentous fungus Ascobolus immersus |
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Authors: | F Meinhardt F Kempken K Esser |
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Institution: | (1) Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Botanik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Postfach 1021 48, D-4630 Bochum, Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary In seven out of eleven wild strains of the Ascomycete Ascobolus immersus plasmid DNA was found. There was great variability with respect to size and number of the plasmids in the strains concerned. For a further analysis two plasmids originating from one wild strain were submitted to restriction analysis and electron microscopy. Both turned out to be linear having different molecular weights (pAIl = 7.9 kb, pAI2 = 5.6 kb). Denaturation of pAI2 and subsequent renaturation revealed the presence of inverted repeats (0.7 kb) at both ends. After treatment with proteinase K and 5 and 3 specific exonucleases it became evident that the 5 ends of pAI2 are linked with proteins. In this respect it is similar in structure to other linear genetic elements such as the linear plasmids found in Zea mays and the genomes of adenoviruses.Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Fritz Kaudewitz on the occasion of his 65th birthday |
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Keywords: | Ascobolus immersus Linear plasmids Inverted repeats Terminal proteins |
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