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Two early replicated, developmentally controlled genes of Physarum display different patterns of DNA replication by two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis

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The nature of replication origins in eukaryotic chromosomes has been examined in some detail only in yeast, Drosophila, and mammalian cells. We have used highly synchronous cultures of plasmodia of the myxomycete Physarum and two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis to examine replication of two developmentally controlled, early replicated genes over time in S-phase. A single, discrete origin of replication was found within 4.8 kb of the LAV1-5 gene, which encodes a homolog of profilin. In contrast, the LAV1-2 gene appears to be surrounded by several origins. Two origins were identified within a 15 kb chromosomal domain and appear to be inefficiently used. Replication forks collide at preferred sites within this domain. These terminating structures are long lived, persisting for at least 2 h of the 3 h S-phase. Analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) within the LAV1-2 domain indicates that replication of alleles on different parental chromosomes is a highly coordinated process. Our studies of the these two early replicated, plasmodium-specific genes indicate that both a fixed, narrow origin region and a broader zone containing two closely spaced origins of DNA replication occur in Physarum.

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Diller, J.D., Sauer, H.W. Two early replicated, developmentally controlled genes of Physarum display different patterns of DNA replication by two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis. Chromosoma 102, 563–574 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00368349

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