The transforming activity of sonicated Haemophilus influenzae DNA |
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Authors: | Marie-Louise Bach |
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Affiliation: | (1) Chargée de Recherches au C.N.R.S., Marine-Laure Allain, France;(2) Laboratoire de Génétique Physiologique, Institut de Botanique, 8, Rue Goethe, F-67 Strasbourg |
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Abstract: | Summary The inactivation of transforming Haemophilus influenzae DNA by sonication in aqueous solution was investigated. The molecular weight decrease of the molecules is the major factor in DNA inactivation. It impairs strongly the uptake of the DNA by the recipient bacteria, especially when the molecular weight is lower than 3x106 daltons. The uptake of sonicated DNA by the bacterial cells seems not to be further reduced when molecules of about 0.5x106 daltons are submitted to further depolymerisation. However the transforming activity of these molecules is still sensitive to further sonication. The transforming activity of the sonicated DNA is related in the last resort to the intact length of the DNA molecules, at the level of their single-strand structure, available for recombination. Rupture by ultrasound was found to be twice as efficient in reducing transforming activity as a nick induced by pancreatic DNAse. |
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