title: The complete nucleotide sequence and characterization of the linear DNA plasmid pRS64-2 from the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani.
abstract: The complete nucleotide sequence of one of three linear DNA plasmids (pRS64-2) from the plant pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani was determined. The pRS64-2 DNA consisted of 2877 nucleotides. The nucleotide sequences of the middle 2.2-kb regions of the other two plasmids (pRS64-1 and pRS64-3) were also determined. Comparison of the nucleotide sequences among the three plasmid DNAs indicated the presence of four regions with more than 86% sequence homology, suggesting the development of three plasmid DNAs from a common ancestor. A computer-based study of the pRS64-2 DNA-folding at both termini predicted hairpin loop structures. The hairpin loops consisted of the left- and right-hand terminal 113 and 105 nucleotides, respectively, and had no sequence homology. They had not undergone flip-flop inversion. The hairpins form cruciform base-paired structures.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai 981, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katsura
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirochika
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashiba
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D010957:Plasmids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012232:Rhizoctonia / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal