Identification of a DNA supercoiling activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Hyeon sook Koo; Kawai Lau; Hai young Wu; Leroy F. Liu

doi:10.1093/nar/20.19.5067

Identification of a DNA supercoiling activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Hyeon sook Koo, Kawai Lau, Hai young Wu, Leroy F. Liu

Department of Biochemistry

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Abstract

A sensitive and simple method for the quantitatlon of human DNA is described. This method Is based on probe hybridization to a human alpha satellite locus, D17Z1. The biotlnylated probe is hybridized to sample DNA immobilized on nylon membrane. The subsequent binding of streptavldln-horseradish peroxidase to the bound probe allows for chemlluminescent detection using a luminol-based reagent and X-ray film. Less than 150 pg of human DNA can easily be detected with a 15 minute exposure. The entire procedure can be performed in 1.5 hours. Microgram quantities of non-human DNA have been tested and the results indicate very high specificity for human DNA. The data on film can be scanned into a computer and a commercially available program can be used to create a standard curve where DNA quantity is plotted against the mean density of each slot blot signal. The methods described can also be applied to the very sensitive determination of quantity and quality (size) of DNA on Southern blots. The high sensitivity of this quantltation method requires the consumption of only a fraction of sample for analysis. Determination of DNA quantity is necessary for RFLP and many PCR-based tests where optimal results are obtained only with a relatively narrow range of DNA quantities. The specificity of this quantitation method for human DNA will be useful for the analysis of samples that may also contain bacterial or other non-human DNA, for example forensic evidence samples, ancient DNA samples, or clinical samples.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5067-5072
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nucleic acids research
Volume	20
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/20.19.5067
Publication status	Published - 1992 Oct 11

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Funding Information:
We thank Drs. John Nitiss, James Wang and Rolf Sternglanz for providing us with yeast strains. This work was supported by NIH grant GM27731. LFL is a recipient of the George Hitchings Award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

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Identification of a DNA supercoiling activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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