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Replication of the extrachromosomal ribosomal RNA genes of Tetrahymena thermophilia. 1981

T R Cech, and S L Brehm

Cultures of Tetrahymena thermophila were deprived of nutrients and later refed with enriched medium to obtain partial synchrony of DNA replication. Preferential replication of the extrachromosomal, macronuclear ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA) was found to occur at 40-80 min after refeeding. The rDNA accounted for one half of the label incorporated into cellular DNA during this period. Electron microscopy of the purified rDNA showed 1% replicative intermediates. Their structure was that expected for bidirectional replication of the linear rDNA from an origin or origins located in the central nontranscribed region of the palindromic molecule. Similar forms had previously been observed for the rDNA of a related species, Tetrahymena pyriformis. The electron microscopic data was consistent with an origin of replication located approximatley 600 base pairs from the center of the rDNA of T. thermophila, in contrast to a more central location in the rDNA of T. pyriformis. One implication of an off-center origin of replication is that there are two such sequences per palindromic molecule.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008854 Microscopy, Electron Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen. Electron Microscopy
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
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
D005796 Genes A category of nucleic acid sequences that function as units of heredity and which code for the basic instructions for the development, reproduction, and maintenance of organisms. Cistron,Gene,Genetic Materials,Cistrons,Genetic Material,Material, Genetic,Materials, Genetic
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
D012335 RNA, Ribosomal The most abundant form of RNA. Together with proteins, it forms the ribosomes, playing a structural role and also a role in ribosomal binding of mRNA and tRNAs. Individual chains are conventionally designated by their sedimentation coefficients. In eukaryotes, four large chains exist, synthesized in the nucleolus and constituting about 50% of the ribosome. (Dorland, 28th ed) Ribosomal RNA,15S RNA,RNA, 15S
D013768 Tetrahymena A genus of ciliate protozoa commonly used in genetic, cytological, and other research. Tetrahymenas

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