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Intermediates in the strand-separation transition of T7 DNA

✍ Scribed by C. Glen Wensley; M. Thomas Record Jr.

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
1976
Tongue
English
Weight
623 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
0006-3525

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Sedimentation velocity runs as a function of temperature in the region of the alkaline helix‐coil transition have enabled us to demonstrate the existence of stable two‐stranded intermediates in the strand‐separation process for T7 DNA. The strand‐separation transition under these conditions has an intrinsic breadth of ∼1°C, and within this temperature range (T~m~ + 2°C < T < T~m~ + 3°C) the intermediate forms are progressively converted (as a function of temperature) to single‐stranded DNA. Parallel characterizations of the strand‐separation transition by viscosity and absorbance–renaturation studies in the alkaline solvent are entirely consistent with the sedimentation experiments. Comparison of the experimental mean sedimentation coefficient of the intermediate forms with theoretical predictions for branched structures suggests that in these molecules the two strands are connected at a single point, not centrally located with respect to the ends of the molecule.

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