title: Interaction of a protein from rat liver nuclei with cruciform DNA.
abstract: We constructed a synthetic cruciform DNA which closely resembles Holliday junctions, a DNA structure formed during recombination or following the transition from interstrand to intrastrand base pairing in palindromic DNA sequences. We identified and partially purified a protein from rat liver that specifically binds to this cruciform DNA molecule and does not bind to single-stranded or double-stranded DNAs of the same sequence. This protein also binds to the cruciform structure formed by a 70 bp palindromic sequence cloned in plasmid pUC18. No detectable nucleolytic activity is associated with the rat liver cruciform-binding protein, in contrast to all cruciform-recognizing proteins known so far.
authors.affiliation: EMBL, Heidelberg, FRG.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bianchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins