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. 1979 Feb;6(2):745–755. doi: 10.1093/nar/6.2.745

Virogenic BrdU and BrdU-sensitive DNA sequences are disproportionately concentrated in the template-active chromatin of rat embryo cells

Stephen A Schwartz 1
PMCID: PMC327725  PMID: 424312

Abstract

In order to characterize the molecular mechanism responsible for the BrdU-mediated activation of endogenous retrovirus from normal rat embryo cells, the previously reported selective distribution of bromouracil in DNA was correlated with the corresponding organization of the nucleo-protein complex in regard to nucleosome structure and template - active and -inactive chromatin. Following micrococcal nuclease digestion of chromatin labeled with either [3H]thymidine or [3H]BrdU, the amount and specific activities of the respective nucleosomal DNA were indistinguishable. Comparable findings were obtained following direct examination of the nuclease-sensitive, “spacer” DNA. However, when each chromatin type was fractionated into template-active and -inactive components, it was evident that [3H]bromouracil was nonrandomly more concentrated in the template-active portion in comparison to the random distribution of [3H]thymine moieties. Furthermore, it was apparent that the template-active chromatin fraction was substantially enriched in the nucleotide sequences of rat DNA known to be sensitive to the virogenic action of BrdU.

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