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. 1998 Jul 15;333 ( Pt 2)(Pt 2):259-67.
doi: 10.1042/bj3330259.

DNA triple-helix formation on nucleosome-bound poly(dA).poly(dT) tracts

P M Brown  1 , K R Fox
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DNA triple-helix formation on nucleosome-bound poly(dA).poly(dT) tracts

P M Brown et al. Biochem J. .

Abstract

We have used DNase I and hydroxyl-radical footprinting to examine the formation of intermolecular DNA triple helices on nucleosome-bound DNA fragments containing An.Tn tracts. We found that it is possible to form triplexes on these nucleosome-bound DNAs, but the stability of the complexes depends on the orientation of the A tract with respect to the protein surface. Hydroxyl-radical cleavage of these complexes suggests that the DNA fragments are still associated with the nucleosome. However, the phased cleavage pattern is lost in the vicinity of the triplex, suggesting that the DNA has locally moved away from the protein surface.

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