The absence of histone in the bacterium Escherichia coli. II. X-ray diffraction of nucleoprotein extract.

The Journal of biophysical and biochemical cytology ·Vol. 5 ·No. 1 ·1959-01-25 ·Pages 55-8

WILKINS MH, ZUBAY G

Abstract

X-ray diffraction photographs of a nucleoprotein preparation from Escherichia coli show the A-type pattern of crystalline deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). This suggests that a large part of the DNA is free from protein. In higher organisms DNA does not exist in this form but is closely bound to protein.

Keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI/metabolism NUCLEOPROTEINS

MeSH Terms

Bacterial Proteins Escherichia Escherichia coli/metabolism Histones Nucleoproteins X-Ray Diffraction

Chemicals

Bacterial Proteins Histones Nucleoproteins

Authors & Affiliations

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WILKINS M H

ZUBAY G

References (4)

4 references, click to expand

Helical structure of crystalline deoxypentose nucleic acid.
Nature. 1953 Oct 24;172(4382):759-62 PMID: 13111175
Molecular structure of deoxyribose nucleic acid and nucleoprotein.
Nature. 1955 May 14;175(4463):834-8 PMID: 14370232
Physical studies of the molecular structure of deoxyribose nucleic acid and nucleoprotein.
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 1956;21:75-90 PMID: 13433582
Preparation of some deoxyribonucleic acid-protein complexes from rat-liver homogenates.
Biochem J. 1958 Oct;70(2):260-5 PMID: 13584335

Article Info

Journal

The Journal of biophysical and biochemical cytology

Abbr.

J Biophys Biochem Cytol

ISSN

0095-9901

DOI

10.1083/jcb.5.1.55

Published

1959-01-25

Pages

55-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

17840020R

PMCID

PMC2224625

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1083/jcb.5.1.55 PMC Full Text

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