Abstract
After reaction of DNA with high concentrations of bleomycin, approximately 80% of the DNA becomes trichloroacetic acid (TCA) soluble. The remaining 20% of the DNA remains TCA insoluble. Upon further treatment of this TCA-insoluble material with high concentrations of the drug, no further drug action can be detected. Drug action is defined as fragmentation of DNA to smaller molecular size, release of free bases, and TCA solubilization. This material which is not attacked by bleomycin has been termed bleomycin-resistant DNA. This bleomycin-resistant DNA does not compete with native DNA in the bleomycin reaction indicating that there is no binding or inactivation of the drug by the resistant DNA. The resistant DNA shows very little hyperchromicity when heated through the melting temperature for the corresponding native DNA, indicating a single-stranded structure. Results of sedimentation and equilibrium analyses yield a molecular weight of about 4,000 daltons. This value is the same regardless of the source of the native DNA. Finally, the bleomycin-resistant DNA exhibits a base composition similar to that of the native DNA from which it was derived.
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