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. 1988 Feb 11;16(3):895–905. doi: 10.1093/nar/16.3.895

In vitro transcribed SV40 minichromosomes, as the bulk minichromosomes, have a low level of unconstrained negative supercoils.

M Choder 1, Y Aloni 1
PMCID: PMC334726  PMID: 2830595

Abstract

The method for detecting the small fraction (1%) of transcriptionally active SV40 minichromosomes, in the presence of the bulk minichromosomes, (14) has been applied to directly analyze the topology of transcribed and non-transcribed minichromosomal DNA. We show here that DNA of both transcribed and non-transcribed minichromosomes have the same number of supercoils which are constrained by nucleosomes. In addition, minichromosomal DNA of both fractions have a low level of unconstrained supercoils (1-2 extra supercoils) which can be relaxed in vitro by topoisomerase I.

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