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Geigl, E.M. ; Eckardt-Schupp, F.

Chromosome-specific identification and quantification of S1 nuclease-sensitive sites in yeast chromatin by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

Mol. Microbiol. 4, 801-810 (1990)

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Sites that are sensitive to the single-strand-specific endonuclease S1 ('S1-sensitive sites', SSS) occur in native chromatin and, like DNA double-stranded breaks (DSB), they are induced by DNA-damaging agents, such as ionizing radiation. We have developed a method to quantify SSS and DSB in yeast chromatin by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to separate the intact chromosomal-length DNA molecules from the lower molecular-weight broken ones. Direct evaluation of the photonegatives of the ethidium bromide-stained gels by laser densitometry enabled us to calculate the numbers of DSB and SSS per DNA molecule. These numbers were determined from the bulk of the non-separated genomic DNA of yeast, corresponding to a single band in the PFGE (pulse time 10 seconds), and in each of the eight largest yeast chromosomes, corresponding to distinct bands in the PFGE gels (pulse time 50 seconds), which were not superimposed by the smear of the broken, low molecular-weight DNA. Furthermore, the induction of DSB and SSS in a specific chromosome (circular chromosome III) was determined by Southern hybridization of the PFGE gels with a suitable centromere probe, followed by densitometry of the autoradiographs. Our method allows the chromosome-specific monitoring of DSB and all those DNA structures that are processed either in vivo or in vitro into DSB and which may not be distributed randomly within the genome.

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Publication type Article: Journal article

Document type Scientific Article

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ISSN (print) / ISBN 0950-382x

e-ISSN 1365-2958

Journal Molecular Microbiology

Quellenangaben Volume: 4, Issue: 5, Pages: 801-810

Publisher Wiley

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Reviewing status Peer reviewed

Institute(s) Abteilung für Strahlenbiologie und Biophysik