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. 2021 Apr 8;12:2111. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22217-w

Fig. 3. STR and Smc5/6 jointly prevent accumulation of hemicatenanes, reversed forks and double Holliday Junctions.

Fig. 3

Electron microscopy analysis of replication intermediates and four-way junctions-intermediates in WT and sgs1, top3, smc5/6 mutants. The plot indicates the percentage of various types of DNA replication intermediates (forks and bubbles) and Joint Molecules (JMs) divided in reversed forks, double Holliday Junctions (dHJs) and hemicatenanes. The number (n) of DNA molecules analysed for each genotype is indicated. The intermediates are derived from two biological replicates, with similar results. Typical examples of the visualized categories of JMs are shown with the entire DNA structure and enlarged views of the junction point, with schematic representation of ssDNA regions in red and dsDNA regions in black. The length of the four branches composing the JMs and their relationship in terms of length is shown. Scale bars of 180 nm corresponding to 500 base pairs are indicated. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.