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. 1975 Jul;149(1):31–38. doi: 10.1042/bj1490031

The complexity of satellite deoxyribonucleic acid in a higher plant.

J Sinclair, R Wells, B Deumling, J Ingle
PMCID: PMC1165589  PMID: 1191264

Abstract

Purified satellite DNA from melon (Cucumis melo) was shown to contain at least two components from thermal-denaturation and renaturation studies. Two components were separated after partial renaturation, a fast-renaturing fraction similar in complexity to mouse satellite DNA, and one with 6000 times greater complexity. Both components renatured very accurately, indicating a minimum of sequence divergence. Centrifugation of the purified satellite DNA in Ag+/Cs2SO4 gradients resolved two major and several minor fractions. The two major fractions were only slightly enriched for fast- or slow-renaturing sequences.

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