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Parallel High Throughput Single Molecule Kinetic Assay for Site-Specific DNA Cleavage
Published on: May 6, 2020
[The specific cleavage of DNA with ultrasound]
Abstract:
Cleavages of double-stranded DNA fragments of known base pair sequence upon ultrasound irradiation at 22 and 44 kHz were studied by gel electrophoresis. The cleavage rate is found to be strongly dependent on the DNA fragment length, pH, temperature and ionic strength of the solution under study. The cleavage of double-stranded DNA occurs predominantly at sites containing alternating 5'-CpG-3' sequences. The breakage of phosphatediester bond takes place between C and G in such a way that phosphate group at the 5'-end of the guanine residue remain intact. The cleavage rate at a given DNA site is found to depend on base pair sequences at adjacent sites. Distinctly different cleavage patterns are observed when free DNA and DNA complexes with cys-diammine-Pt-bridged bis-netropsin were irradiated by ultrasound. The observed effect can be attributed to local DNA conformation changes induced upon complex formation between ligand and DNA.
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