Iron(II) and iron(III) complexes of 3,5-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinonemonooxime were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic and electrochemical studies. Their ability to cleave DNA has been investigated under aerobic conditions at room temperature and in the presence and absence of H(2) O(2). The plasmid DNA pBR322 was effectively cleaved by these complexes in a concentration dependant ma...

DNA complementary to chicken ultimobranchial gland mRNA was cloned into the Pst I site of plasmid vector pBR322. A plasmid was selected by DNA-mRNA hybridization. We report here the partial nucleotide sequence of chicken calcitonin mRNA and the deduced complete amino acid sequence of chicken calcitonin.

We have determined that the type II restriction enzyme . Ava II , isolated from Anabaena variabilis, recognizes and cuts the sequence 5' G-1GTCC 3' 3 CCAG+G 5' The eight Ava II sites of pBR322 have been mapped, as well as a unique site for Ava

Many studies have shown that in reconstituted chromatin model systems, containing only purified DNA and histone octamer, nucleosomes can adopt well defined locations with respect to DNA nucleotide sequence. Recently, nucleosome-nucleosome interactions were suggested as one of the factors underlying preferential nucleosomes positioning. In the present paper this aspect has been studied by topolo...

Two recently developed isolation methods have shown promise when recovering pure community plasmid DNA (metamobilomes/plasmidomes), which is useful in conducting culture-independent investigations into plasmid ecology. However, both methods employ multiple displacement amplification (MDA) to ensure suitable quantities of plasmid DNA for high-throughput sequencing. This study demonstrates that M...

The properties of the cysteines in the pBR322-encoded tetracycline resistance protein have been examined. Cysteines are important but not essential for tetracycline transport activity. None of the cysteines reacted with biotin maleimide, suggesting that they are shielded from the aqueous phase or reside in a negatively charged local environment.

The double-stranded RNA gene coding for the surface antigen responsible for inducing neutralising antibodies has been isolated, converted to DNA, and cloned in the plasmid pBR322. So far, only plasmids containing inserts smaller than the gene have been obtained. Possible strategies for the development of a bluetongue virus subunit vaccine are discussed.

Fragments of varicella zoster virus DNA produced by EcoRI endonuclease cleavage were cloned in vector pACYC 184 and those produced by HindIII cleavage were cloned in pBR322. Restriction enzyme cleavage maps established by double digestion and blot hybridization showed that varicella zoster virus DNA has a Mr of 80 +/- 3 x 10(6) and exists as a population of two isomers.