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. 1972 May;69(5):1188–1191. doi: 10.1073/pnas.69.5.1188

Sedimentation Properties of Yeast Chromosomal DNA

Thomas D Petes 1, Walton L Fangman 1
PMCID: PMC426660  PMID: 4556456

Abstract

Sedimentation analysis of nuclear DNA released from spheroplasts of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae indicates that it has a number average molecular weight of 6.2 × 108. The chromosomal DNA molecules range in size from as small as 5 × 107 daltons to as large as 1.4 × 109 daltons. Based on these values and estimates of the total DNA content of the yeast nucleus, it is proposed that each yeast chromosome contains a single DNA duplex.

Keywords: eukaryote, high molecular weight DNA, unineme, spheroplast

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