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Fate of transforming DNA following uptake by competent Bacillus subtilis

VI. Non-covalent association of donor and recipient DNA

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During transformation in Bacillus subtilis, donor and recipient DNA are initially associated by non-covalent bonds. The donor and recipient moieties later become covalently joined. The molecular weight of the donor component, when freed from the noncovalent complex by sucrose gradient sedimentation under alkaline conditions, ranges from 1 to 5×106, with an average of about 2.5 to 3.0×106. The latter values are in good agreement with previous measurements of the size of the integrated donor fragment.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, The Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York, Inc., New York, USA

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Dubnau, D., Cirgiliano, C. Fate of transforming DNA following uptake by competent Bacillus subtilis . Molec. Gen. Genet. 120, 101–106 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00267237

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