Studies with deoxyribonucleic Acid from blue-green algae.
DNA from two blue-green algae was isolated and characterized. The buoyant densities, thermal denaturation and renaturation, thermal melting values, base compositions, sedimentation coefficients, and molecular weights were determined. Blue-green algal DNA renatured extensively and at a comparable rate to that of bacterial DNA. The similarities among the kinds of DNA from bacteria and blue-green algae were interpreted to reflect a close relationship.
Kung
S D
SD
Department of Biochemistry, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Moscarello
M A
MA
Williams
J P
JP