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  • Title: Structure of nascent phiX174 replicative form: evidence for discontinuous DNA replication.
    Author: Eisenberg S, Denhardt DT.
    Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; 1974 Mar; 71(3):984-8. PubMed ID: 4522806.
    Abstract:
    varphiX174 RF (replicative form) II DNA, labeled in vivo with [methyl-(3)H]thymidine, was isolated from Escherichia coli polA (DNA polymerase I-deficient) and polA(+) cells during RF replication. [(32)P]dCMP was incorporated into the gaps present in the RF II DNA with [alpha-(32)P]dCTP and T4 DNA polymerase. Sedimentation in alkaline sucrose gradients revealed that much of the incorporated (32)P was present in a heterogeneous collection of fragments shorter than unit length. Inclusion of polynucleotide ligase in the gap-filling reaction increased the average size of the (32)P-labeled fragments. Gel electrophoresis of the products formed by digestion of the (32)P-labeled RF II molecules with the restriction nuclease, endonuclease R, indicated that in the population of RF II molecules gaps could occur anywhere in the genome. Competition-annealing experiments provided evidence that the majority of the label incorporated into gaps was present in the minus strand. RF II molecules isolated from polA(+) cells were enriched for gaps in a unique region of the genome in comparison with RF II molecules isolated from polA cells. The presence of multiple gaps in the minus strand implies that it is synthesized by a discontinuous mechanism during varphiX RF replication.
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