Two complementary strand-specific termination sites for adenovirus DNA replication

Cell. 1976 Oct;9(2):259-68. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(76)90117-3.

Abstract

Adenovirus type 2 DNA, specifically labeled at the termini for DNA replication, was prepared by isolation of viral DNA molecules which were completed during short pulses with 3H-thymidine. The distribution of radioactivity in the two complementary strands at the termini for DNA replication was determined by liquid phase hybridization and gelelectrophoresis. At the right-hand terminus, nearly all radioactivity was found in the viral h strand, whereas at the left-hand terminus, most radioactivity was confined to the viral l strand. The results suggest that both molecular ends serve as origins and termini for replication of adenovirus type 2 DNA.

MeSH terms

  • Adenoviridae* / metabolism*
  • DNA Replication*
  • DNA Restriction Enzymes
  • DNA, Viral / analysis
  • Electrophoresis
  • Models, Biological
  • Nucleic Acid Hybridization
  • Nucleic Acid Renaturation
  • Thymidine / analysis
  • Virus Replication*

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • DNA Restriction Enzymes
  • Thymidine