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Circular chloroplast DNA from Euglena gracilis.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·Vol. 68 ·No. 6 ·1971-06-00 ·Pages 1169-73

Manning JE, Wolstenholme DR, Ryan RS, Hunter JA, Richards OC

Abstract

Chloroplast DNA of the protozoan flagellate, Euglena gracilis, exists as circular molecules, 40 mum in contour length, as shown by electron microscopy and buoyant density analyses.

MeSH Terms
Cell Fractionation Centrifugation, Density Gradient Chloroplasts/analysis DNA/analysis DNA, Bacterial/analysis Densitometry Escherichia coli/analysis Euglena gracilis/analysis Micrococcus/analysis Microscopy, Electron Mitochondria/analysis
Chemicals
DNA, Bacterial DNA
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Manning J E
Wolstenholme D R
Ryan R S
Hunter J A
Richards O C
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
DOI
10.1073/pnas.68.6.1169
Published
1971-06-00
Pages
1169-73
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC389144
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1073/pnas.68.6.1169 PMC Full Text View journal details
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