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The DNA from mustard (Sinapis alba L.) seedlings was examined by neutral CsCl and Ag+/Cs2SO4 density gradient centrifugation. Different satellite fractions were revealed by these two methods. The satellite fractions obtained from the Ag+/Cs2SO4 density gradient could not be generally correlated with satellite DNA fractions observed in CsCl. In CsCl density gradient centrifugation, a main band at density 1,695 g/cm3 and a heavy shoulder at density 1,703 g/cm3 are found. By preparative CsCl gradient centrifugation the heavy shoulder can be enriched but not completely separated from the main band DNA.—Gradient centrifugation by complexing the DNA with Ag+ rf. 0.25 to DNA phosphate reveals three distinct fractions which are further characterized: The heavy satelite DNA fraction revealed by Ag+/Cs2SO4 gradient centrifugation has the same density in a CsCl gradient and the same Tm value as the main band, but differs from main band DNA in the details of its melting profile and in its renaturation kinetics. The light Ag+/Cs2SO4 satellite DNA fraction had a higher melting temperature corresponding to a GC-rich base composition. Differences between these 3 fractions are observed in thermal denaturation and renaturation profiles, hybridization in situ with ribosomal RNA, and their response to restriction endonuclease digestion. The light satellite fraction from the Ag+/Cs2SO4 gradient, rich in ribosomal cistrons corresponds to the heavy shoulder DNA of neutral CsCl gradients which also is rich in ribosomal cistrons. The heavy satellite fraction from Ag+/Cs2SO4 gradient which contains highly repetitive short nucleotide sequences could not be revealed by the classical CsCl gradient centrifugation technique.
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Capesius, I. Isolation and characterization of satellite DNA from mustard seedlings. Pl Syst Evol 133, 1–13 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00985875
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