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. 1969 Sep;64(1):241–246. doi: 10.1073/pnas.64.1.241

COMPLEMENTARY FRACTIONS OF DENATURED DNA OF COLIPHAGE T3 AS TEMPLATES FOR TRANSCRIPTION*

Loretta Chiuh-Yeou Cheong 1, Erwin Chargaff 1,†
PMCID: PMC286153  PMID: 5263007

Abstract

This paper discusses the evidence that two fractions obtained by the chromatography of denatured DNA of phage T3 on columns of methylated albumin-kieselguhr represent the complementary strands. This evidence derives from a variety of temperature-absorbance measurements and from the base composition of the RNA products synthesized by RNA polymerase under the direction of the two single-stranded DNA templates.

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