DNA fragments associated with chromosome scaffolds
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- 10 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 9 (19), 5093-5108
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/9.19.5093
Abstract
Following extensive digestion of HeLa metaphase chromosomes with either Hae III endonuclease or micrococcal nuclease, nonhistone protein scaffolds may be isolated. Scaffolds isolated after Hae III digestion have about 1.5% of the chromosomal DNA attached to them. This DNA is heterogeneous in size, ranging from about 0.2 to 20 kbp. It can be cleaved with either Eco RI or Hae III - Eco RI, producing a series of repeated fragments, of which the most abundant is 1.7 kbp in length. The 1.7-kbp fragment is tandemly repeated and is enriched (about 50-fold) in the scaffold-associated DNA. It is located primarily on human chromosome 1 and is probably a component of human satellites II and III. Scaffolds isolated after micrococcal nuclease digestion have about 0.1% of chromosomal DNA attached. This DNA is present in two size classes - fragments larger than 10 kbp and fragments approximately 0.2 kbp long. Restriction enzyme digestion of this DNA gives no prominent repeated fragments. Its reassociation kinetics are similar to those of total DNA, indicating that it is not enriched in either highly repetitive or middle repetitive sequences.Keywords
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