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Activation of potential initiation sites of DNA replication and induction of new initiation within the same cycle by puromycin in Drosophila polytene chromosomes. 1984

A S Mukherjee, and C Chatterjee

DNA replication in the polytene chromosomes of larval salivary glands of Drosophila hydei has been examined under normal physiological conditions, with or without puromycin, by an autoradiographic procedure using [3H]thymidine. It has been demonstrated that puromycin induces new labelling patterns that can be identified as initiation patterns. Such initiation patterns were found to have been induced during both the initial (interband labelling patterns) and the terminal (discontinuous) phases. Both induced patterns are sensitive to alpha-amanitin. These findings lead us to suggest that (a) the puff-interband-labelled patterns are indeed the initial patterns, and (b) the induction of new initiation, which is normally known to be prevented until the completion of the cycle, can be brought about by puromycin. The results also suggest the probable existence of a pool of protein factor(s) for the initiation of a replication cycle already present in the cell system.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011691	Puromycin	A cinnamamido ADENOSINE found in STREPTOMYCES alboniger. It inhibits protein synthesis by binding to RNA. It is an antineoplastic and antitrypanosomal agent and is used in research as an inhibitor of protein synthesis.	CL-13900,P-638,Puromycin Dihydrochloride,Puromycin Hydrochloride,Stylomycin,CL 13900,CL13900,P 638,P638
D002875	Chromosomes	In a prokaryotic cell or in the nucleus of a eukaryotic cell, a structure consisting of or containing DNA which carries the genetic information essential to the cell. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)	Chromosome
D004261	DNA Replication	The process by which a DNA molecule is duplicated.	Autonomous Replication,Replication, Autonomous,Autonomous Replications,DNA Replications,Replication, DNA,Replications, Autonomous,Replications, DNA
D004330	Drosophila	A genus of small, two-winged flies containing approximately 900 described species. These organisms are the most extensively studied of all genera from the standpoint of genetics and cytology.	Fruit Fly, Drosophila,Drosophila Fruit Flies,Drosophila Fruit Fly,Drosophilas,Flies, Drosophila Fruit,Fly, Drosophila Fruit,Fruit Flies, Drosophila
D005260	Female		Females
D006570	Heterochromatin	The portion of chromosome material that remains condensed and is transcriptionally inactive during INTERPHASE.	Heterochromatins
D000546	Amanitins	Cyclic peptides extracted from carpophores of various mushroom species. They are potent inhibitors of RNA polymerases in most eukaryotic species, blocking the production of mRNA and protein synthesis. These peptides are important in the study of transcription. Alpha-amanitin is the main toxin from the species Amanitia phalloides, poisonous if ingested by humans or animals.	Amanitin
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001345	Autoradiography	The making of a radiograph of an object or tissue by recording on a photographic plate the radiation emitted by radioactive material within the object. (Dorland, 27th ed)	Radioautography