Mammalian mitochondrial DNA replication intermediates are essentially duplex but contain extensive tracts of RNA/DNA hybrid

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 397, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1144-1155

  Pohjoismäki, Jaakko L O ^a   Holmes, J Bradley ^b,c   Wood, Stuart R ^b   Yang, Ming Yao ^b   Yasukawa, Takehiro ^b   Reyes, Aurelio ^b   Bailey, Laura J ^b   Cluett, Tricia J ^b   Goffart, Steffi ^a   Willcox, Smaranda ^d   Rigby, Rachel E ^e   Jackson, Andrew P ^e   Spelbrink, Johannes N ^a   Griffith, Jack D ^d   Crouch, Robert J ^c   Jacobs, Howard T ^a   Holt, Ian J ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Electron microscopy; Electrophoresis; Mitochondrial DNA; RNA DNA hybrid

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; DNA HYBRID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPURIFICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77950473394     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.02.029     Document Type: Article

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