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. 1978 Aug;5(8):2877–2893. doi: 10.1093/nar/5.8.2877

The relationship of SV40 replicating chromosomes to two forms of the non-replicating SV40.

M M Seidman, C F Garon, N P Salzman
PMCID: PMC342213  PMID: 211489

Abstract

SV40 replicating chromosomes were extracted from infected cells using a detergent free extraction method. This procedure also extracts 2 forms of the non-replicating chromosome, one of which corresponds to the well characterized 50-55S SV40 minichromosome. The other is a more compact structure which has a sedimentation coefficient of 80-85S. The replicating chromosomes sediment between the 2 conformations of the mature chromosome. Electron microscopy of the replicating chromosomes suggests an overall conformation that resembles the 50-55S form of the mature chromosome rather than that of the 80-85S structure. Nucleosomes are present on both sides of the replication forks. When the replicating chromosomes were incubated in an in vitro DNA synthesis assay all regions of the SV40 genome were synthesized and a significant fraction of the replicating chromosomes completed replication. The progeny chromosomes co-sedimented with the 50-55S chromosomes which were present prior to the incubation. The sedimentation coefficients and relative amounts of the two forms of the mature chromosome were unaffected by the incubation.

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