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. 1974 Mar;1(3):387–396. doi: 10.1093/nar/1.3.387

The molecular complexity of Mu and Pi symbiont DNA of Paramecium aurelia

AT Soldo 1, GA Godoy 1
PMCID: PMC344023  PMID: 10793673

Abstract

The molecular size of mu and pi symbionts of Parameciumaurelia has been calculated from renaturation kinetic data. Observed values were 0.78 × 109 daltons for mu particle DNA and 0.81 × 109 daltons for pi particle DNA. Estimates of analytical complexity were 4.45 × 109 and 5.05 × 109 daltons respectively. Based on these data, mu and pi symbionts appear to possess multiple genomes and contain a minimum of 5 or 6 copies of each DNA sequence.

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