Abstract
Treatment of Halobacterium GRB cells with the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor novobiocin induces the accumulation of a circular single-stranded DNA form of the plasmid pGRB-1. This form corresponds to the transcribed strand of pGRB-1. A tiny amount of this form is detectable in untreated cells. The induction of single-stranded pGRB-1 molecules by novobiocin is abolished when cells are pretreated with aphidicolin or anisomycin, which inhibit halobacterial DNA replication and protein synthesis, respectively. These results suggest that the single-stranded form of pGRB-1 is generated in the course of plasmid replication.
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