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Pea (Pisum sativum) cells arrested in G2 have nascent DNA with breaks between replicons and replication clusters

Journal Article · · Exp. Cell Res.; (United States)

DNA fiber autoradiography and alkaline sucrose sedimentation of DNA of cultured pea-root cells (Pisum sativum) arrested in G2 by carbohydrate starvation demonstrated that nascent DNA molecules of replicon (16 to 27 x 10/sup 6/D) and apparent cluster (approx. 330 x 10/sup 6/D) size were not joined. That the arrested cells were in G2 was confirmed by single-cell autoradiography and cytophotometry. In pea there are about 18 replicons per average cluster, 4.2 x 10/sup 3/ clusters, and 7.7 x 10/sup 4/ replicons per genome.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY
OSTI ID:
5729353
Journal Information:
Exp. Cell Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Exp. Cell Res.; (United States) Vol. 129; ISSN ECREA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English