Mapping of AvaI and XmaI cleavage sites in bacteriophage DNA including a new technique of DNA digestion in agarose gels

Eric C. Rosenvold*, Alik Honigman

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Abstract

The eight AvaI cleavage sites in bacteriophage λ DNA have been mapped by analyzing the digestion patterns of various λ deletion-substitution mutants. The size of each DNA fragment has been determined by its mobility in agarose gels and by electron microscopy. The three XmaI cleavage sites were determined by a two dimensional procedure including DNA cleavage in the agarose gel. The fact that the XmaI cleavage site sequence is a subset of the AvaI cleavage site sequences (Hughes and Murray, unpublished; Endow and Roberts, 1979) allowed us to infer the exact DNA sequence at three of the AvaI sites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)273-288
Number of pages16
JournalGene
Volume2
Issue number5-6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1977
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • E. coli phage
  • electron microscopy of DNA fragments
  • restriction endonucleases
  • two-dimensional electrophoresis

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