期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1990
卷号：87
期号：21
页码：8560-8564
DOI：10.1073/pnas.87.21.8560
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Plasmid pT181 DNA secondary structures have been analyzed in vitro by nuclease S1 digestion and in vivo by bromoacetaldehyde treatment. A cruciform structure occurring at the pT181 replication origin in vitro is greatly enhanced by the binding of the plasmid-encoded initiator protein RepC. In vivo a DNA secondary structure also existed in the replication origin. Its frequency of formation was correlated with efficiency of RepC utilization. These data suggest that cruciform extrusion at the origin is involved in initiation of pT181 rolling-circle replication. A neighboring DNA structure influences the conformation of the origin in vivo.
