DNA structure(s) recognized and bound by large subunit of Replication Factor C (ls RFC) in Drosophila melanogaster /

(Southwestern) assays; however, it is bound approximately

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Main Author: Gaur, Lalit Kumar, 1970-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
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Summary:(Southwestern) assays; however, it is bound approximately
1) used DNase and micrococcal nuclease footprinting assays to
Alternative (non-B type) DNA structures are thought to be
angles or bends in the DNA and may recognize the replication
better than single stranded DNA or duplex DNA. This suggests
bound by lsRFC in nitrocellulose filter binding
bound by lsRFC. Osmium tetroxide chemical modification of
chemical probing using osmium tetroxide was performed and
complex binding. A synthetic primer-template junction is
define a primer template junction as a substrate for the RFC
determinant(s) in the DNA structure. lsRFC is an essential
DNA polymerase delta onto the replication template during
five fold less efficiently than branched DNA structures but
fork formed at the junction between parental and daughter
fork.
formed as intermediates in developmentally important
important role in the regulation of cellular mechanisms.
mechanisms such as DNA replication, DNA repair, and genetic
of eukaryotic DNA replication. RFC complex loads PCNA and
oligonucleotides containing internal complementary sequences
part of the five subunit RFC complex involved in the process
predicted branched structures. Tsurimoto and Stillman (I 99
present in the branched DNA structures are most strongly
proposed that lsRFC preferentially recognizes and binds
recognized by lsRFC. To investigate the determinant present,
recombination. It is proposed that these alternative DNA
replication and is required both for leading and lagging
Replication Factor C) is a protein that binds to the DNA in a
reveals either single strand or distorted duplex nature at
sequence independent manner and recognizes structural
Southwestern assays and the chemical modification data, it is
strand synthesis. Southwestern analyses using synthetic
strands. This proposed intimate association of lsRFC with
structural aspects of the DNA. lsRFC (large subunit
structure(s) and the proteins that recognize them may play an
that bind to the DNA by recognizing specific sequence and/or
that HP96 contains a determinant that is preferentially
the proposed primer template junction. Based on the
the replication fork may influence the progression of the
There has been an enhancement in the knowledge of proteins
these synthetic DNA structures verifies the formation of the
to form DNA structures reveal that structural determinants
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