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ArticleTransgenic research1999

Relaxation, linearization and fragmentation of supercoiled circular DNA by tungsten microprojectiles.

C Krysiak, B Mazus, J Buchowicz

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Article in Transgenic research, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C KrysiakInstitute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. krishna@ibb.waw.pl
B Mazus
J Buchowicz
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to characterize DNA lesions caused by microprojectile bombardment and by the post-bombardment presence of tungsten particles in transformed cells. For the sake of simplicity, plasmid DNA was used as a target for bombardment with naked tungsten particles. Unexpectedly extensive DNA degradation was observed under standard bombardment conditions. However, no further DNA fragmentation occurred under post-bombardment conditions, simulated by incubation of plasmid DNA with a suspension of tungsten particles. Instead, relaxation and linearization of supercoiled circular plasmids (pAHC25 and others) took place. It is concluded that the observed linearization (a single site double-strand break in DNA circle) results from the ability of tungsten to catalyse the hydrolysis of phosphodiester bonds in torsionally strained sites of native DNA selectively.

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DNA DamageDNA FragmentationDNA, CircularDNA, SuperhelicalNucleic Acid ConformationPlasmidsTungstenDNA, CircularDNA, SuperhelicalTungsten

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PMID10621977
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