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. 1989 Apr;77(4):581-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF00274284.

Some physicochemical properties of rice mitochondrial DNA

B Wang  1 , W Cheng, Y N Li, D D Li
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Some physicochemical properties of rice mitochondrial DNA

B Wang et al. Theor Appl Genet. 1989 Apr.

Abstract

Certain physicochemical properties of rice mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were determined. Certain low-molecular-weight mtDNA bands were found in addition to the major mtDNA band. Rice mtDNA appeared in the electron microscope as a collection of linear molecules with heterogeneous length in the range of 1-156 kb. The major distribution area was 60-105 kb. A small fraction (less than 5%) of rice mtDNA was found in the form of a circular molecule. Some molecules had the appearance of being supercoiled. Replication fork structures were found in both circular and linear mtDNA molecules. In one rice species, Jin Nante, 15 different circular molecules were found. Rice mtDNA was digested with different restriction enzymes. The total molecular weight of rice mtDNA was calculated to be about 300 kb according to the data of restriction enzyme digestion and electron microscopy.

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