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. 1972 Jul;69(7):1830–1834. doi: 10.1073/pnas.69.7.1830

Physicochemical Characterization of Mitochondrial DNA from Pea Leaves

Richard Kolodner 1, K K Tewari 1
PMCID: PMC426812  PMID: 4505661

Abstract

The mitochondrial DNA from pea leaves exists in a circular conformation. 25% of the circular molecules exist as supercoils, and 10% of the molecules are dimers. The molecular weight of mitochondrial DNA is about 66 to 70 × 106 by electron microscopy, and 74 × 106 from its renaturation kinetics. No evidence for inter- and intramolecular heterogeneity is found.

Keywords: circular conformation, molecular size, renaturation kinetics

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