title: Studies with deoxyribonucleic Acid from blue-green algae.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kung
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moscarello
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Williams