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Mitochondrial DNA ofPetunia hybrida was purified from cell suspension cultures. Up to 50% of the DNA could be isolated as supercoiled DNA molecules by CsCl-ethidium bromide density gradient centrifugation. The DNA purified from DNase-treated mitochondria bands at a single buoyant density of 1.760 gcm−3 in neutral density gradients and runs on agarose gels as a single band with an apparent molecular weight exceeding 30 megadaltons (Md). Summing of the restriction endonuclease fragment lengths indicates a mitochondrial genome size of at least 190 Md. Electron microscopic analysis reveals the presence of a heterogeneous population of circular DNA molecules, up to 60 Md in size. Small circular DNA molecules, ranging in size from 2–30 Md are present, but unlike in cultured cells of other plant species they do not form discrete size classes and furthermore, they constitute less than 5% of the total DNA content of the mitochondria. The restriction endonuclease patterns of mitochondrial DNA do not qualitatively alter upon prolonged culture periods (up to at least two years).
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Kool, A.J., de Haas, J.M., Mol, J.N.M. et al. Isolation and physicochemical characterization of mitochondrial DNA from cultured cells ofPetunia hybrida . Theoret. Appl. Genetics 69, 223–233 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00662429
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