Abstract
DNA-strand breaks influence structure and function of chromosomes in diverse ways, and it is essential to analyze the lesions to understand behaviors of genetic information. For researchers in a wide array of fields including recombination, repair, and DNA damage response, efficient and easy detection of DNA breaks is of paramount importance. Among several procedures suitable for this purpose, a method to directly observe broken chromosomes by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, using the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a model organism, is described in this chapter. Because S. pombe chromosomes are megabase-size, careful attention should be paid to maintain DNA as intact as possible. The protocol includes induction of DNA breaks, preparation of chromosomes, and separation of chromosomal DNA by PFGE. This procedure can be applicable to other species as well as other experiments handling large-size DNA molecules.
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We thank Dr. Ee Sin Chen for comments on the manuscript and Dr. Shintaro Yamada for the original image of Fig. 2.
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Yamada, T., Murakami, H., Ohta, K. (2020). Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis for Detecting Chromosomal DNA Breakage in Fission Yeast. In: Hanada, K. (eds) DNA Electrophoresis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2119. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0323-9_12
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