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. 1971 Nov;68(11):2839–2842. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.11.2839

Isolation of Catenated and Replicating DNA Molecules of Colicin Factor E1 from Minicells

Joseph Inselburg 1,2, Motohiro Fuke 1,2,*
PMCID: PMC389538  PMID: 4941988

Abstract

Various catenated and replicating molecules of colicin E1 isolated from minicells have been identified in regions of neutral sucrose density gradients or cesium chloride-ethidium bromide density gradients. These colicin molecules have been found in those regions of the gradient where pulse-labeled DNA accumulates.

Keywords: E. coli, sucrose gradients, ethidium bromide, CsCl, electron microscopy

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