title: The localization of replication origins on ARS plasmids in S. cerevisiae.
abstract: Replication intermediates from the yeast 2 microns plasmid and a recombinant plasmid containing the yeast autonomous replication sequence ARS1 have been analyzed by two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis. Plasmid replication proceeds through theta-shaped (Cairns) intermediates, terminating in multiply interlocked catenanes that are resolved during S phase to monomer plasmids. Restriction fragments derived from the Cairns forms contain replication forks and bubbles that behave differently from one another when subjected to high voltage and agarose concentrations. The two-dimensional gel patterns observed for different restriction fragments from these two plasmids indicate that in each plasmid there is a single, specific origin of replication that maps, within the limits of our resolution, to the ARS element. Our results strongly support the long-standing assumption that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae an ARS is an origin of replication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Brewer
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Fangman
mesh_terms: D004261:DNA Replication; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes